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Electoral Bodies
- English(1) There shall be an Independent Electoral Commission for The Gambia which shall be part of the public service.
… (Sec. 42)
Electoral Bodies
- English
The Commission shall have power to –
(a) organise, undertake and supervise all elections to the offices of the President and Vice-President, the Governor and Deputy Governor of a State, and to the membership of the Senate, the House of Representatives and the House of Assembly of each State of the Federation;
(b) register political parties in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution and an Act of the National Assembly;
(c) monitor the organisation and operation of the political parties, including their finances, conventions, congresses and party primaries;
(d) arrange for the annual examination and auditing of the funds and accounts of political parties, and publish a report on such examination and audit for public information;
(e) arrange and conduct the registration of persons qualified to vote and prepare, maintain and revise the register of voters for the purpose of any election under this Constitution;
(f) monitor political campaigns and provide rules and regulations which shall govern the political parties;
(g) ensure that all Electoral Commissioners, Electoral and Returning Officers take and subscribe the Oath of Office prescribed by law;
(h) delegate any of its powers to any Resident Electoral Commissioner; and
(i) carry out such other functions as may be conferred upon it by an Act of the National Assembly. (Third Schedule, Sec. 15)
Electoral Bodies
- English1. The Electoral Commission shall have the following functions-
a. to ensure that regular, free and fair elections are held;
b. to organise, conduct and supervise elections and referenda in accordance with this Constitution;
c. to demarcate constituencies in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution;
d. to ascertain, publish and declare in writing under its seal the results of the elections and referenda;
e. to compile, maintain, revise and update the voters' register;
f. to hear and determine election complaints arising before and during polling;
g. to formulate and implement voter educational programmes relating to elections; and
h. to perform such other functions as may be prescribed by Parliament by law.
… (Art. 61)
Electoral Bodies
- EnglishThe National Electoral Council shall regulate, inspect, monitor and control all the electoral activities of the Political Parties and Movements, of the significant groups of citizens, of their legal representatives, directors and candidates, guaranteeing compliance with the principles and duties that correspond to them and shall enjoy budgetary and administrative autonomy. It will have the following special attributions:
1. To exercise the supreme inspection, oversight and control of the electoral organization.
2. To habilitate the National Registrar of Civil Status.
3. To take cognizance of and decide definitively the recourses that are interposed against the decisions of its delegates concerning general ballots and in such cases to make the declaration of election and issue the corresponding credentials.
4. Furthermore, of office, or on request, to review ballots and the electoral documents concerning any of the stages of the administrative process of election with the object of guaranteeing the veracity of the results.
5. To serve as [a] consultative body of the Government concerning matters of its competence, to present Bills of Legislative Acts and of law, and to recommend drafts [proyectos] of decree[s].
6. To see to compliance with the norms concerning [the] Political Parties and Movements and the provisions concerning publicity and political opinion polls; for the rights of the opposition and of the minorities, and for the development of the electoral processes in conditions of full guarantees.
7. To distribute the contributions that[,] for the financing of the electoral campaigns and to assure the right of political participation of the citizens, are established by the law.
8. To effect the ballot of all national voting, to make the declaration of the elections and to issue the credentials that may arise.
9. To recognize and revoke the Juridical Personality[,] of the Political Parties and Movements.
10. To regulate the participation of the Political Parties and Movements in the media of social communication of the State.
11. To collaborate for the holding of the consultations of the parties and movements for making decisions and the choosing of their candidates.
12. To decide on the revocation of the registration of candidates for Public Corporations or offices [cargos] of popular election, when full evidence exists that these have incurred a cause of disqualification specified in the Constitution and the law. In no case shall the election of such candidates be declared.
13. To establish its own regulations.
14. The others that the law confers. (Art. 265) - SpanishEl Consejo Nacional Electoral regulará, inspeccionará, vigilará y controlará toda la actividad electoral de los partidos y movimientos políticos, de los grupos significativos de ciudadanos, de sus representantes legales, directivos y candidatos, garantizando el cumplimiento de los principios y deberes que a ellos corresponden, y gozará de autonomía presupuestal y administrativa. Tendrá las siguientes atribuciones especiales:
1. Ejercer la suprema inspección, vigilancia y control de la organización electoral.
2. Dar posesión de su cargo al Registrador Nacional del Estado Civil.
3. Conocer y decidir definitivamente los recursos que se interpongan contra las decisiones de sus delegados sobre escrutinios generales y en tales casos hacer la declaratoria de elección y expedir las credenciales correspondientes.
4. Además, de oficio, o por solicitud, revisar escrutinios y los documentos electorales concernientes a cualquiera de las etapas del proceso administrativo de elección con el objeto de que se garantice la verdad de los resultados.
5. Servir de cuerpo consultivo del Gobierno en materias de su competencia, presentar proyectos de acto legislativo y de ley, y recomendar proyectos de decreto.
6. Velar por el cumplimiento de las normas sobre Partidos y Movimientos Políticos y de las disposiciones sobre publicidad y encuestas de opinión política; por los derechos de la oposición y de las minorías, y por el desarrollo de los procesos electorales en condiciones de plenas garantías.
7. Distribuir los aportes que para el financiamiento de las campañas electorales y para asegurar el derecho de participación política de los ciudadanos, establezca la ley.
8. Efectuar el escrutinio general de toda votación nacional, hacer la declaratoria de elección y expedir las credenciales a que haya lugar.
9. Reconocer y revocar la Personería Jurídica de los partidos y movimientos políticos.
10. Reglamentar la participación de los Partidos y Movimientos Políticos en los medios de comunicación social del Estado.
11. Colaborar para la realización de consultas de los partidos y movimientos para la toma de decisiones y la escogencia de sus candidatos.
12. Decidir la revocatoria de la inscripción de candidatos a Corporaciones Públicas o cargos de elección popular, cuando exista plena prueba de que aquellos están incursos en causal de inhabilidad prevista en la Constitución y la ley. En ningún caso podrá declarar la elección de dichos candidatos.
13. Darse su propio reglamento.
14. Las demás que le confiera la ley. (Art. 265)
Electoral Bodies
- EnglishFor the exercise of the electoral function, a National Electoral Council and a Supreme Electoral Tribunal are created, autonomous and independent, without relations of subordination to the Powers of the State, of national security, with juridical personality, jurisdiction and competence in all of the Republic.
The administrative, technical and logistical acts and procedures correspond to the National Electoral Council and the jurisdictional acts and procedures in electoral matters correspond in an exclusive manner to the Tribunal of Electoral Justice with jurisdiction and competence established by the Law.
… (Art. 51) - SpanishPara el ejercicio de la función electoral, créase un Consejo Nacional Electoral y un Tribunal de Justicia Electoral, autónomos e independientes, sin relaciones de subordinación con los Poderes del Estado, de seguridad nacional, con personalidad jurídica, jurisdicción y competencia en toda la República.
Los actos y procedimientos administrativos, técnicos y de logística corresponderán al Consejo Nacional Electoral y los actos y procedimientos jurisdiccionales en materia electoral corresponderán de manera exclusiva al Tribunal de Justicia Electoral con jurisdicción y competencia fijada por la Ley.
… (Art. 51)
Electoral Bodies
- English1. The President of Georgia shall:
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d) … participate in the appointment of the Chairperson and members of the Central Election Commission of Georgia in cases defined by the organic law and in accordance with the established procedure;
… (Art. 52) - Georgian1. საქართველოს პრეზიდენტი:
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დ) … ორგანული კანონით განსაზღვრულ შემთხვევებში და დადგენილი წესით მონაწილეობს საქართველოს ცენტრალური საარჩევნო კომისიის თავმჯდომარისა და წევრების თანამდებობაზე განწესებაში;
… (მუხლი 52)
Electoral Bodies
- English(1) There shall be an Elections and Boundaries Commission for Trinidad and Tobago (in this Part referred to as “the Commission”).
…
(11) The registration of voters and the conduct of elections in every constituency shall be subject to the direction and supervision of the Commission.
… (Sec. 71)
Electoral Bodies
- English1. The Central Electoral Commission is an independent state body, which shall organize the elections of the National Assembly and local self-government bodies, as well as referenda, and shall supervise their lawfulness.
2. In the cases and manner stipulated by law, the Central Electoral Commission shall adopt sub-legislative normative legal acts.
3. The Central Electoral Commission shall present a communication about its activities to the National Assembly.
4. The system of electoral commissions and their powers, procedure of formation and operation, and safeguards of activities shall be stipulated by the Electoral Code. (Art. 194) - Armenian1. Կենտրոնական ընտրական հանձնաժողովն անկախ պետական մարմին է, որը կազմակերպում է Ազգային ժողովի և տեղական ինքնակառավարման մարմինների ընտրությունները, հանրաքվեները, ինչպես նաև վերահսկողություն է իրականացնում դրանց օրինականության նկատմամբ:
2. Օրենքով սահմանված դեպքերում և կարգով Կենտրոնական ընտրական հանձնաժողովն ընդունում է ենթաօրենսդրական նորմատիվ իրավական ակտեր:
3. Կենտրոնական ընտրական հանձնաժողովը հաղորդում է ներկայացնում Ազգային ժողով իր գործունեության մասին:
4. Ընտրական հանձնաժողովների համակարգը, ընտրական հանձնաժողովների լիազորությունները, կազմավորման և գործունեության կարգը, գործունեության երաշխիքները սահմանվում են Ընտրական օրենսգրքով: (Հոդված 194)
Electoral Bodies
- English(1) The Commission shall exercise, perform and discharge all such powers, duties and functions conferred or imposed on or assigned to –
(a) the Commission; or
(b) the Commissioner-General of Elections,
by the Constitution, and by the law for the time being relating to the election of the President, the election of Members of Parliament, the election of members of Provincial Councils, the election of members of Local Authorities and the conduct of Referenda, including but not limited to all the powers, duties and functions relating to the preparation and revision of registers of electors for the purposes of such elections and Referenda and the conduct of such elections and Referenda.
(2) It shall be the duty of the Commission to secure the enforcement of all laws relating to the holding of any such election or the conduct of Referenda and it shall be the duty of all authorities of the State charged with the enforcement of such laws, to co-operate with the Commission to secure such enforcement.
… (Art. 104B) - Sinhala(1) ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාව මගින් සහ ජනාධිපතිවරයා තෝරා පත් කර ගැනීම, පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රීවරයන් තෝරා පත් කර ගැනීම, පළාත් සභා මන්ත්රීවරයන් තෝරා පත් කර ගැනීම, පළාත් පාලන ආයතනවල සභිකයන් තෝරා පත් කර ගැනීම සහ ජනමත විචාරණයක් පැවැත්වීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් තත්කාලයේ බලපවත්නා නීතියක් මගින් -
(අ) කොමිෂන් සභාව; හෝ
(ආ) මැතිවරණ කොමසාරිස් ජනරාල්වරයා,
වෙත පවරා දී ඇති හෝ පනවා ඇති හෝ සියලු බලතල, කාර්ය සහ කර්තව්ය කොමිෂන් සභාව විසින් ක්රියාත්මක කරනු ලැබිය යුත්තේ ද ඉටු කරනු ලැබිය යුත්තේ ද සිදු කරනු ලැබිය යුත්තේ ද වන්නේ ය. එවැනි ඡන්ද විමසීම්වල සහ ජනමත විචාරණවල කාර්ය සඳහා ඡන්ද හිමි නාමලේඛන පිළියෙල කිරීම සහ ප්රතිශෝධනය කිරීම ද, එම ඡන්ද විමසීම් පැවැත්වීම ද එකී බලතලවලට, කාර්යවලට සහ කර්තව්යවලට ඇතුළත් වන නමුත් ඒවාට ම පමණක් සීමා නොවන්නේ ය.
(2) එවැනි ඡන්ද විමසීමක් හෝ ජනමත විචාරණයක් පැවැත්වීමට අදාළ සියලු ම නීති බලාත්මක කිරීම, සුරක්ෂිත කිරීම කොමිෂන් සභාවේ කාර්යය විය යුතු අතර, එසේ ඒ නීති බලාත්මක කිරීම, සුරක්ෂිත කිරීමෙහිලා කොමිෂන් සභාවේ සහයෝගය දැක්වීම ඒ නීති බලාත්මක කිරීම භාරව සිටින සියලුම රජයේ බලධරයන්ගේ කාර්ය විය යුත්තේ ය.
… (104ආ වැනි වගන්තිය)
Electoral Bodies
- English
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(9) The Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic shall decide whether Presidential elections have been held in conformity with the Constitution and the law.
… (Art. 101) - Slovak
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(9) O ústavnosti alebo zákonnosti volieb prezidenta rozhoduje Ústavný súd Slovenskej republiky.
… (Čl. 101)