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Electoral Bodies
- English(1) There shall be an Electoral and Boundaries Commission for Barbados (in this Part referred to as the “Commission”).
… (Sec. 41A)
Electoral Bodies
- EnglishThe elections shall be organized, directed, and supervised by a Central Electoral Board and the electoral boards below its office, which have the responsibility of guaranteeing liberty, transparency, equity, and objectivity in the elections. (Art. 211)
- SpanishLas elecciones serán organizadas, dirigidas y supervisadas por la Junta Central Electoral y las juntas electorales bajo su dependencia, las cuales tienen la responsabilidad de garantizar la libertad, transparencia, equidad y objetividad de las elecciones. (Art. 211)
Electoral Bodies
- EnglishIn addition to the functions conferred upon it by law, the Electoral Tribunal shall have the following functions which it shall exercise solely, with the exception of those mentioned in numerals 5 and 7:
1. To record births, marriages, deaths, naturalizations, and the other facts and legal acts related to the civil status of persons, and to include the necessary explanatory notes in the respective records;
2. To issue personal identity cards;
3. To regulate, interpret and apply the Electoral Law and to decide on disputes caused by its application;
4. To punish offenses and crimes against free and fair elections in accordance with law, granting a second instance;
5. To keep the electoral register;
6. To organize, direct and supervise the registration of voters, and to resolve disputes, applications and complaints that may arise in this respect;
7. To process the records of immigration and naturalization applications;
8. To name the members of the Electoral Boards on which the representation of the legally established political parties must be guaranteed. The law shall regulate this matter;
9. To draft its budget and to present it in a timely manner to the Executive Branch for inclusion in the draft General Budget of the State. The Electoral Tribunal shall defend, at all stages, its draft budget. The finally approved budget shall provide it with the necessary funds for the fulfillment of its functions. In the budget shall be included the operating costs of the Electoral Tribunal and of the Office of the Electoral Prosecutor, the investments and costs needed for the conduct of the election processes and other popular consultations as well as the subsidies to the political parties and the independent candidates for elected office. In the year immediately prior to the general elections and until the end of the electoral period the Tribunal Electoral shall be subject only to posterior supervision by the Office of the Comptroller General;
10. To initiate legislation on matters within its jurisdiction;
11. To consider as the sole competent body the applications and actions brought against the decisions of the lower electoral criminal tribunals and the Office of the Electoral Prosecutor.
… (Art. 143) - SpanishEl Tribunal Electoral tendrá, además de las que le confiere la Ley, las siguientes atribuciones que ejercerá privativamente, excepto las consignadas en los numerales 5, 7 y 10:
1. Efectuar las inscripciones de nacimientos, matrimonios, defunciones, naturalizaciones y demás hechos y actos jurídicos relacionados con el estado civil de las personas, y hacer las anotaciones procedentes en las respectivas inscripciones.
2. Expedir la cédula de identidad personal.
3. Reglamentar la Ley Electoral, interpretarla y aplicarla, y conocer de las controversias que origine su aplicación.
4. Sancionar las faltas y delitos contra la libertad y pureza del sufragio, de conformidad con la Ley, garantizando la doble instancia.
5. Levantar el Padrón Electoral.
6. Organizar, dirigir y fiscalizar el registro de electores y resolver las controversias, quejas y denuncias que al respecto ocurrieren.
7. Tramitar los expedientes de las solicitudes de migración y naturalización.
8. Nombrar los miembros de las corporaciones electorales, en las cuales se deberá garantizar la representación de los partidos políticos legalmente constituidos. La Ley reglamentará esta materia.
9. Formular su presupuesto y remitirlo oportunamente al Órgano Ejecutivo para su inclusión en el proyecto de Presupuesto General del Estado. El Tribunal Electoral sustentará, en todas las etapas, su proyecto de presupuesto. El presupuesto finalmente aprobado procurará garantizarle los fondos necesarios para el cumplimiento de sus fines. En dicho presupuesto se incorporarán los gastos de funcionamiento del Tribunal Electoral y de la Fiscalía General Electoral, las inversiones y los gastos necesarios para realizar los procesos electorales y las demás consultas populares, así como los subsidios a los partidos políticos y a los candidatos independientes a los puestos de elección popular. Durante el año inmediatamente anterior a las elecciones generales y hasta el cierre del periodo electoral, el Tribunal Electoral será fiscalizado por la Contraloría General de la República, solamente mediante el control posterior.
10. Ejercer iniciativa legislativa en las materias que son de su competencia.
11. Conocer privativamente de los recursos y acciones que se presenten en contra de las decisiones de los juzgados penales electorales y de la Fiscalía General Electoral.
… (Art. 143)
Electoral Bodies
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2. An independent commission shall be established by a law to supervise the parliamentary electoral process and to administer it in all of its stages, and to - as well supervise any other elections decided by the Council of Ministers. (Art. 67) - Arabic…
2. تنشأ بقانون هيئة مستقلة تدير الانتخابات النيابية والبلدية وأي انتخابات عامة وفقاً لأحكام القانون، ولمجلس الوزراء تكليـف الهيئة المسـتقلة بإدارة أي انتخابات أخرى أو الإشـراف عليها بناء على طلب. الجهة المخولة قانوناً بـإجراء تلك الانتخابات. (المادّة 67)
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
- EnglishThe President of Turkmenistan shall:
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12. form the Central Commission for Elections and Referenda in Turkmenistan, make changes in its composition;
… (Art. 71) - RussianПрезидент Туркменистана:
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12) образует Центральную комиссию по проведению выборов и референдумов в Туркменистане, вносит изменения в её состав;
... (Статья 71) - TurkmenTürkmenistanyň Prezidenti:
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12) Türkmenistanda Saýlawlary we sala salşyklary geçirmek boýunça merkezi topary döredýär, onuň düzümine üýtgetmeler girizýär;
… (71-nji madda)
Electoral Bodies
- English(1) Elections to the Parliament shall be conducted, in accordance with an Organic Law, by an Electoral Commission.
… (Sec. 126)
Electoral Bodies
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The independent Commission responsible for the organization of the referendum, [and] of the presidential, legislative and local elections, within the conditions specified by the law, is an independent administrative Authority. A law determines its attributions, its mode of operation and of functioning.
… (Art. 51) - French
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La Commission indépendante chargée de l’organisation du référendum, des élections présidentielle, législatives et locales, dans les conditions prévues par la loi, est une Autorité administrative indépendante. Une loi détermine ses attributions, son mode d’organisation et de fonctionnement.
… (Art. 51)
Electoral Bodies
- English
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2. After the Liberation Declaration, the interim NTC3 shall relocate to its headquarters in Tripoli to form a transitional government within a maximum period of thirty days.
Within a maximum period of ninety days from the Liberation Declaration, the NTC shall:
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b. Appoint the High National Elections Commission.
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10. Within a maximum of 90 days from its first session, the GNC shall:
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b. Reconstitute the High National Elections Commission to elect a constituent assembly, called the Constitutional Drafting Assembly (CDA), through direct free ballot from among non-members, in order to draft a permanent constitution for the country. …
12. As soon as the CDA finishes drafting the constitution, it shall be submitted to a yes-or-no referendum within 30 days from the date of approval thereof.
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- The High National Elections Commission (which shall be reconstituted by the House of Representatives) shall be responsible for conducting general elections under the supervision of the national judiciary and the oversight of the United Nations and international and regional organizations.
… (Art. 30) - Arabic
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2. بعد إعلان التحرير ، ينتقل المجلس الوطني الانتقالي المؤقت والدفاع الداخلي الأجنبي إلى مقره في طرابلس لتشكيل حكومة انتقالية في غضون ثلاثين يومًا كحد
خلال فترة أقصاها تسعون يومًا من إعلان التحرير ، يقوم المجلس الوطني الانتقالي بما يلي:
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ب. تعيين المفوضية الوطنية العليا للانتخابات.
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10. في غضون تسعون يومًا كحد أقصى من أول جلسة ، يجب على المؤتمر الوطني العام:
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ب. إعادة تشكيل المفوضية القومية العليا للانتخابات لانتخاب جمعية تأسيسية تسمى جمعية الصياغة الدستورية (CDA) ، من خلال الاقتراع الحر المباشر من بين غير الأعضاء ، من أجل صياغة دستور دائم للبلاد. 12. حالما تنتهي الجمعية من صياغة الدستور ، يجب تقديمه للاستفتاء بنعم أو لا خلال ثلاثين يومًا من تاريخ الموافقة عليه
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- تتولى المفوضية القومية العليا للانتخابات (التي يعاد تشكيلها من قبل مجلس النواب) إجراء الانتخابات العامة تحت إشراف القضاء الوطني وبإشراف الأمم المتحدة والمنظمات الدولية والإقليمية.
... (المادة 30)