The Establishment of the Principal Organizations for the Cultural Autonomy of National Minorities Article 10. Persons belonging to a national minority wishing to establish cultural autonomy shall present the appropriate application to the Government through their ethnic cultural society or federation of societies. The principal organizations of cultural autonomy for national minorities are the cultural council of a national minority and the cultural boards governing the activities of cultural autonomy institutions. A cultural council may form the city or county cultural council of a national minority or appoint local cultural representatives. The cultural council of a national minority is elected in direct and uniform elections, by secret ballot.
Voting takes place in voting districts, either in person or by mail.
For the purpose of organizing the elections of a cultural council, an ethnic cultural society or federation of societies shall elect a general election committee, the composition of which shall be confirmed by the Government of the Republic and to which the Government shall appoint its representative so as to monitor compliance with electoral regulations. If necessary, the general election committee shall form local election committees and shall issue organisational directives on procedures for the holding of elections, tabulating and announcing results. Electoral regulations for national minority cultural councils shall be drafted and approved by the Government of the Republic. Electoral lists shall be compiled on the basis of the national register of national minorities prescribed by article 8 of the present Law. The given national minority may submit an application for the holding of new elections to the cultural council no earlier than three years after any previous application.