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Electoral Bodies
Brazil
- English
A supplementary law shall provide for the organization and competence of the electoral courts, judges and boards.
… (Art. 121) - Portuguese
Lei complementar disporá sobre a organização e competência dos tribunais, dos juízes de direito e das juntas eleitorais.
… (Art. 121)
Electoral Bodies
Guatemala
- English…
Everything that is related to the exercise of suffrage, the political rights, [the] political organizations, [the] electoral authorities and organs and the electoral process, will be regulated by the constitutional law of the matter.
… (Art. 223) - Spanish…
Todo lo relativo al ejercicio del sufragio, los derechos políticos, organizaciones políticas, autoridades y órganos electorales y proceso electoral, será regulado por la ley constitucional de la materia.
… (Art. 223)
Electoral Bodies
Saint Lucia
- English(1) The Electoral Commission shall be responsible for the registration of voters for the purpose of electing members of the House and for the conduct of elections of members of the House and shall have such powers and other functions relating to such registration and elections as may be prescribed by law.
… (Sec. 37)
Electoral Bodies
Costa Rica
- English…
A Supreme Tribunal of Elections, with the rank and independence of the Powers of the State, has as its responsibility[,] in an exclusive and independent form[,] the organization, direction and supervision of the acts relative to the suffrage, as well as the other functions that this Constitution and the laws attribute to it. (Art. 9) - Spanish…
Un Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones, con el rango e independencia de los Poderes del Estado, tiene a su cargo en forma exclusiva e independiente la organización, dirección y vigilancia de los actos relativos al sufragio, así como las demás funciones que le atribuyen esta Constitución y las leyes. (Art. 9)
Electoral Bodies
Mexico
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The renewal of the Legislative and Executive powers will be realized by way of free, authentic and periodic elections, in accordance with the following bases:
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V. The organization of the elections is a state function that is realized through the National Electoral Institute and the local public organs, in the terms that this Constitution establishes.
Part A. The National Electoral Institute is an autonomous public organ endowed with juridical personality and its own patrimony, in the composition of which the Legislative Power of the Union, the national political parties and the citizens participate, in the terms that the law orders. In the exercise of this state function, certainty [certeza], legality, independence, impartiality, maximum publicity and objectivity shall be guiding [rectores] principles.
... (Art. 41) - Spanish…
La renovación de los poderes Legislativo y Ejecutivo se realizará mediante elecciones libres, auténticas y periódicas, conforme a las siguientes bases:
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V. La organización de las elecciones es una función estatal que se realiza a través del Instituto Nacional Electoral y de los organismos públicos locales, en los términos que establece esta Constitución.
Apartado A. El Instituto Nacional Electoral es un organismo público autónomo dotado de personalidad jurídica y patrimonio propios, en cuya integración participan el Poder Legislativo de la Unión, los partidos políticos nacionales y los ciudadanos, en los términos que ordene la ley. En el ejercicio de esta función estatal, la certeza, legalidad, independencia, imparcialidad, máxima publicidad y objetividad serán principios rectores.
… (Art. 41)
Electoral Bodies
Uruguay
- EnglishThere shall be an Electoral Court which shall have the following powers in addition to those established in Section III or which may be prescribed by law:
a. To act in all matters relating to electoral acts or procedures;
b. To exercise directive, disciplinary, advisory, and economic supervision over electoral organs;
c. To render final decision on all appeals and claims that may arise and act as judge of the elections to all elective offices, and of plebiscites and referendums. (Art. 322) - SpanishHabrá una Corte Electoral que tendrá las siguientes facultades, además de las que se establecen en la Sección III y las que le señale la ley:
A. Conocer en todo lo relacionado con los actos y procedimientos electorales.
B. Ejercer la superintendencia directiva, correccional, consultiva y económica sobre los órganos electorales.
C. Decidir en última instancia sobre todas las apelaciones y reclamos que se produzcan, y ser juez de las elecciones de todos los cargos electivos, de los actos de plebiscito y referéndum. (Art. 322)
Electoral Bodies
Dominican Republic
- EnglishThe Central Electoral Board is an autonomous organ with juridical personality and technical, administrative, budgetary and financial independence, whose principal purpose shall be to organize and direct the electoral assemblies for the celebration of elections and or mechanisms of popular participation established by the present Constitution and the laws. It shall have regulatory ability in the matters that are its responsibility.
… (Art. 212) - SpanishLa Junta Central Electoral es un órgano autónomo con personalidad jurídica e independencia técnica, administrativa, presupuestaria y financiera, cuya finalidad principal será organizar y dirigir las asambleas electorales para la celebración de elecciones y de mecanismos de participación popular establecidos por la presente Constitución y las leyes. Tiene facultad reglamentaria en los asuntos de su competencia.
… (Art. 212)
Electoral Bodies
Paraguay
- EnglishThe convocation, the judgment, the organization, the direction, the supervision and the surveillance of the acts and issues [cuestiones] derived from the general, departmental and municipal elections as well as of the rights and of the titles of those who are [resulten] elected, correspond exclusively to the Electoral Justice.
The issues originating from any type of popular consultation, as well as that relative to the elections and to the functioning of the political parties and movements are equally of its competence. (Art. 273) - SpanishLa convocatoria, el juzgamiento, la organización, la dirección, la supervisión y la vigilancia de los actos y de las cuestiones derivados de las elecciones generales, departamentales y municipales, así como de los derechos y de los títulos de quienes resulten elegidos, corresponden exclusivamente a la Justicia Electoral.
Sin igualmente de su competencia las cuestiones provenientes de todo tipo de consulta popular, como asimismo lo relativo a las elecciones y al funcionamiento de los partidos y de los movimientos políticos. (Art. 273)
Electoral Bodies
Barbados
- English(1) The registration of voters and the conduct of elections in every constituency or any matters that appear to the Commission to be incidental to or consequential upon either, shall be subject to the direction and supervision of the Commission.
(2) In the exercise of its functions under this section, the Commission shall not be subject to the direction or control of any person or authority. (Sec. 41C)
Electoral Bodies
Brazil
- English
The following are the bodies of Electoral Justice:
I – the Superior Electoral Court;
II – the Regional Electoral Courts;
III – the Electoral Judges;
IV – the Electoral Boards. (Art. 118) - Portuguese
São órgãos da Justiça Eleitoral:
I - o Tribunal Superior Eleitoral;
II - os Tribunais Regionais Eleitorais;
III - os Juízes Eleitorais;
IV - as Juntas Eleitorais. (Art. 118)