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Electoral Bodies
- English…
(5) The general elections shall be organised by a general election commission of a national, permanent, and independent character.
… (Art. 22E) - Indonesian…
(5) Pemilihan umum diselenggarakan oleh suatu komisi pemilihan umum yang bersifat nasional, tetap, dan mandiri.
… (Pasal 22E)
Electoral Bodies
- EnglishElectoral Power is exercised by the National Electoral Council as governing body, and by the latter’s subordinate organs, the National Board of Elections, the Civil Status and Voter Registration Commission and the Commission on Political Participation and Financing, with organization and functioning as established under the pertinent organic law. (Art. 292)
- SpanishEl Poder Electoral se ejerce por el Consejo Nacional Electoral como ente rector y, son organismos subordinados a éste, la Junta Electoral Nacional, la Comisión de Registro Civil y Electoral y la Comisión de Participación Política y Financiamiento, con la organización y el funcionamiento que establezca la ley orgánica respectiva. (Art. 292)
Electoral Bodies
- EnglishThe law shall determine the competent Judicial Authority that shall decide on the validity of the Members' election of Al‐Shoura Council. (Art. 82)
- Arabicيعين القانون الجهة القضائية المختصة بالفصل في صحة انتخاب أعضاء مجلس الشورى. (المادّة 82)
Electoral Bodies
- English
Upon the proposal submitted by the Central Electoral Commission, the Constitutional Court rules either on the validation of the mandate of the Member of Parliament, or on invalidation whenever electoral legislation has been infringed. (Art. 62)
- Moldovian
Curtea Constituţională, la propunerea Comisiei Electorale Centrale, hotărăşte validarea mandatului de deputat sau nevalidarea lui în cazul încălcării legislaţiei electorale. (Art. 62)
Electoral Bodies
- English
The Independent National Authority of Elections has as [its] mission to prepare, to organize, to administer and to supervise the presidential, legislative, [and] local elections as well as the operations of referendum.
The Independent National Authority of Elections exercises its missions on the operations of registration on the electoral lists and their revision, as well as the operations of preparation of the electoral operation, of the operations of voting, of counting and decides on electoral disputes, in accordance with the legislation in force.
It exercises its missions from the convocation of the electoral body until the announcement of the provisional results.
The Independent National Authority of Elections exercises its missions with transparency, with impartiality and neutrality. (Art. 202) - Arabic
تتولّى السلطة الوطنية المستقلة للانتخابات مهمة تحضير وتنظيم وتسيير الانتخابـات الرئاسية والتشريعية والمحلية وعمليات الاستفتاء والإشراف عليها.
تمارس السلطة الوطنية المستقلة لـلانـتـخـابـات عـمـلـيـات الـتسجـيـل في الـقـوائـم الانـتـخـابـيـة ومراجعتها، وعــمــلــيــات تحضيــر الــعـمـلـيـة الانـتـخـابـيـة، وعـمـلـيـات الـتصويت والـفـرز والـبت في النزاعات الانتخابية حسب التشريع الساري المفعول.
تمارس السلطة الوطنية المستقلة للانتخابات مهامها منذ تاريخ استدعاء الهيئة الانتخابية حتى إعلان النتائج المؤقتة للاقتراع.
تمارس السلطة الوطنية المستقلة للانتخابات مهامها في شفافية وحياد وعدم تحيّز. (المــادة 202) - French
L’Autorité nationale indépendante des élections a pour mission de préparer, d’organiser, de gérer et de superviser les élections présidentielles, législatives, locales, ainsi que les opérations de référendum.
L’Autorité nationale indépendante des élections exerce ses missions sur les opérations d’inscription sur les listes électorales et leur révision, ainsi que les opérations de préparation de l’opération électorale, des opérations de vote, de dépouillement et se prononce sur le contentieux électoral, conformément à la législation en vigueur.
Elle exerce ses missions depuis la convocation du corps électoral jusqu’à l’annonce des résultats provisoires.
L’Autorité nationale indépendante des élections exerce ses missions dans la transparence, avec impartialité et neutralité. (Art. 202)
Electoral Bodies
- EnglishThe Electoral Commission shall have the following functions—
(a) to compile the register of voters and revise it at such periods as may be determined by law;
(b) to demarcate the electoral boundaries for both national and local government elections;
(c) to conduct and supervise all public elections and referenda;
(d) to educate the people on the electoral process and its purpose;
(e) to undertake programmes for the expansion of the registration of voters; and
(f) to perform such other functions as may be prescribed by law. (Art. 45)
Electoral Bodies
- English
The Courts and Tribunals see to the regularity of the electoral campaign and to the equality of candidates in the utilization of the means of propaganda, within the conditions determined by an organic law. (Art. 32)
- French
Les Cours et Tribunaux veillent à la régularité de la campagne électorale et à l’égalité des candidats pour l’utilisation des moyens de propagande, dans les conditions déterminées par une loi organique. (Art. 32)
Electoral Bodies
- EnglishThe following are the independent Commissions—
(a) the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission;
… (Sec. 232)
Electoral Bodies
- EnglishThe organization, direction and supervision of the acts relative to the suffrage, correspond in exclusive form to the Supreme Tribunal of Elections, which enjoys independence in the performance of its mission. The other electoral organs are dependent of the Tribunal. (Art. 99)
- SpanishLa organización, dirección y vigilancia de los actos relativos al sufragio, corresponden en forma exclusiva al Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones, el cual goza de independencia en el desempeño de su cometido. Del Tribunal dependen los demás organismos electorales. (Art. 99)
Electoral Bodies
- EnglishThe Electoral Justice is integrated by a Superior Electoral Tribunal, by the tribunals, by the courts, by the offices of the Attorney [fiscalia] and by the other organs [organismos] to be specified by the law, which will determine its organization and its functions. (Art. 274)
- SpanishLa Justicia Electoral está integrada por un Tribunal Superior de Justicia Electoral, por los tribunales, por los juzgados, por las fiscalías y por los demás organismos a definirse en la ley, la cual determinará su organización y sus funciones. (Art. 274)