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Electoral Bodies
- English
The Supreme Electoral Council has the following attributions:
1) To organize and to direct the elections, plebiscites or referendums that are convoked in accordance with that established in the Constitution and in the law.
2) To appoint the members of the other electoral organs [organismos] in accordance with the Electoral Law.
3) To establish [elaborar] the electoral calendar.
4) To apply the constitutional and legal provisions that refer to the electoral process.
... (Art. 173) - Spanish
El Consejo Supremo Electoral tiene las siguientes atribuciones:
1) Organizar y dirigir las elecciones, plebiscitos o referendos que se convoquen de acuerdo con lo establecido en la Constitución y en la ley.
2) Nombrar a los miembros de los demás organismos electorales de acuerdo con la Ley Electoral.
3) Elaborar el calendario electoral.
4) Aplicar las disposiciones constitucionales y legales referentes al proceso electoral.
... (Art. 173)
Electoral Bodies
- EnglishThe Guardian Council has the responsibility of supervising the elections of the Assembly of Experts for Leadership, the President of the Republic, the Islamic Consultative Assembly, and the direct recourse to popular opinion and referenda. (Art. 99)
- Persianشورای نگهبان نظارت بر انتخابات مجلس خبرگان رهبری، ریاست جمهوری، مجلس شورای اسلامی و مراجعه به آراء عمومی و همه پرسی را برعهده دارد. (اصل 99)
Electoral Bodies
- EnglishThe following are functions of Electoral Power:
1. To regulate election laws and resolve any doubts and unregulated areas raised by or contained in such laws.
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4. To declare elections null and void, either in whole or in part.
5. Organization, administration, direction and vigilance of all acts relating to elections to fill public offices by popular vote, as well as referenda.
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Electoral Power organs shall guarantee the equality, reliability, impartiality, transparency and efficiency of electoral processes, as well as implementation of the personalization of suffrage and proportional representation. (Art. 293) - SpanishEl Poder Electoral tiene por funciones:
1. Reglamentar las leyes electorales y resolver las dudas y vacíos que éstas susciten o contengan.
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4. Declarar la nulidad total o parcial de las elecciones.
5. La organización, administración, dirección y vigilancia de todos los actos relativos a la elección de los cargos de representación popular de los poderes públicos, así como de los referendos.
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Los órganos del Poder Electoral garantizarán la igualdad, confiabilidad, imparcialidad, transparencia y eficiencia de los procesos electorales, así como la aplicación de la personalización del sufragio y la representación proporcional. (Art. 293)
Electoral Bodies
- English(1) The Presidential Elections Committee (called in this Article the Committee) is established and is to perform the functions relating to elections to the office of President conferred on it by this Constitution or any written law relating to such elections.
… (Art. 18)