INSTRUCTION on elections of the Workers, Peasants and Red Army deputies and on convocation of the Congresses of the Soviets

10. The following electoral commissions will be set up for the Soviet Elections:

a) Central Electoral Commission;

b) Electoral Commissions of the Union Republic of Abkhazia, Autonomous SSR of Adjara and Autonomous Oblast of South Ossetia.

(…)

11. The Presidium of the Central Executive Committee shall act in a capacity of the Central Electoral Commission in order to lead the elections in the whole of the Republic. This Commission consists of 17 members. It shall include: Chairman and the representatives of the Central Executive Committee; representatives from the Trade Union Council; representative of the Young Leninian’s Communist Union (Komsomol), representative of the Women’s Department of the Communist Party of Georgia, representative of the Red Army, representative of the national minorities, workers – engaged in the enterprises, peasants – engaged in agriculture activity.

(…)

12. The Presidiums of the Central Executive Committees of the Union Republic of Abkhazia, Autonomous Republic of Adjara and Autonomous Oblast of South Ossetia represent the electoral commissions. These commission shall consist of 11 members: Chairman – approved by the Presidium of the Central Executive Committee of Georgia; two representatives from the respective executive committee; one from trade union, one from Komsomol, one from Women’s Local Department; one from respective City Council; one from minorities, one from Red Army and two from Peasants’ Society. The aforementioned Commission shall operate on the basis of this Instruction.

17. In Sukhumi, Batumi and Tskhinvali the elections will be organized respectively by the Electoral Commissions of the Union Republic of Abkhazia, Autonomous Republic of Adjara and Autonomous Oblast of South Ossetia. The Presidiums of the Executive Committees of the aforementioned entities may set up Electoral Commissions in the mentioned cities for organizing the elections.

19. In the Electoral Precincts of the city Tbilisi the Presidium of Executive committee of Tbilisi shall set up the precinct commissions composed of five members. The Chairmen of these precincts will be appointed by the Executive Committee of Tbilisi City. In addition, the Garrison Electoral Commission will be set up upon the same rule for organizing the lections at the military units dislocated there.

Note: The Electoral Commissions may be set up on the basis of the rules specified for in this Article in Sukhumi, Batumi, Poti and in the central towns of the districts by the presidiums of the central executive committees of the Union Republic of Abkhazia, Autonomous Republic of Adjara, Poti City Executive Committee and the Presidiums of the District Executive Committees respectively.

Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of Georgia Ph. Makharadze

Secretary of the Central Executive Committee of Georgia S. Todria

22 December 1926

(Collection of Laws and Decrees adopted by the Workers and Peasants Government of the Georgian SSR, N7, 1926, p. 414)