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Electoral Management
EM002
Responsibility of national EMB
Question: Does the national electoral body have the responsibility for elections at:
Answer(s):
a . National level c . Local level d . Other kinds of elections (church, union, etc.) Please specify.
Comments: d) Referenda.
Art. 153: The Central Election Commission is a permanent organ that prepares, supervises, manages, and verifies all aspects of elections and referenda and announces their results.
Source: The Constitution of the Republic of Albania, art. 153.
Verified: 2017/05/17
EM004
EMB budget determined by
Question: The budget of the national electoral management body is determined by:
Answer(s):
c . The legislature
Comments: Electoral Code: 86: 1. The budget of the CEC constitutes a separate line in the state budget.
The Central Election Commission accepts donations that serve the electoral process, without infringing on its independence and authority.
Source: The Electoral Code of the Republic of Albania, dated 2 April 2015, art. 86
Verified: 2017/05/17
EM005
EMB expenditures controlled by
Question: The expenditures of the national electoral management body are controlled by:
Answer(s):
c . The legislature g . Other
Comments: By the High Control of State, because EMB uses money from state budget
Source: The Constitution of the Republic of Albania, art. 163
Verified: 2017/05/17
EM006
Term of EMB members
Question: The term of the members of the national electoral management body is:
Answer:
b . For a specified number of years
Comments: Consists of seven members. Two of them are elected by the Assembly, two by the President of the Republic and three by the High Court.
The Electoral code: 13: 1. A member of the CEC has a 4-year mandate with the right to be re-elected.
Source: The Constitution of the Republic of Albania, art. 154.
The Electoral Code of the Republic of Albania, dated 2 April 2015, art. 13
Verified: 2017/05/17
EM012
Electoral Management model
Question: What is the Electoral Management model?
Answer:
b . Independent
Comments:
Source: http://www.idea.int/sites/default/files/publications/electoral-management-design-2014.pdf, page 375 (accessed May 2017)
Verified: 2017/05/17
EM013
Number of EMB members
Question: The EMB is composed of:
Answer:
a . 1 - 10 members (specify)
Comments: The Electoral Code, Article 12
1. The Central Election Commission (CEC) shall be composed of 7 members.
Source: The Electoral Code of the Republic of Albania, dated 2 April 2015, Art.12
Verified: 2017/05/17
EM014
Membership based on
Question: The EMB members/commissioners are selected on the basis of their:
Answer:
c . Combination of partisanship and expertise
Comments: The Electoral Code, Article 12
2 Any Albanian citizen with the right to vote may be appointed a member of the CEC provided that the candidate fulfils the following criteria, ect.
IDEA Handbook: Multiparty EMBs comprise a mixture of political party nominees. In Albania, the party-affiliated members represent the distribution of seats in the legislature.(page 110)
Source: The Electoral Code of the Republic of Albania, dated 2 April 2015, Art.12.
Electoral Management Design: The International IDEA Handbook (http://www.idea.int/sites/default/files/publications/electoral-management-design-2014.pdf) (page 110, link last accessed May 2017)
Verified: 2017/05/17
EM015
Question: The EMB members/commissioners are selected by:
Answer(s):
e . Legislature g . Political parties
Comments: The electoral Code, Art. 14: The Assembly of Albania elects the CEC members in accordance with the following procedure:
a) 2 members are proposed by the party that has the largest number of seats among the parties of the parliamentary majority and 2 members by the party of the parliamentary opposition which has the largest number of seats in the Assembly of Albania;
b) the proposing subjects, during the selection phase, present no fewer than two candidacies for each vacancy. The chairs of the parliamentary groups of the proposing subjects select, collegially, 4 candidacies in accordance with the criteria provided for in
letter “a” of this point. The proposing subjects of letter “a” select one candidacy of each gender;
c) candidacies selected in accordance with letter “b” of this point are submitted to the Assembly for approval;
ç) the fifth member of the CEC is elected from among the candidacies proposed by groupings of deputies of parliamentary majority parties other than the largest party of the majority grouping. The sixth member of the CEC is elected from among the
candidacies proposed by groupings of deputies of the parliamentary opposition parties, with the exception of the largest party of the opposition. The proposing grouping presents a list with no fewer than two candidacies for the respective vacancy. The list of candidates that has accumulated the highest number of supporting
signatures from deputies of the respective parliamentary groups of the parliamentary majority and opposition, including also the deputies of the two largest parties from each grouping, is presented to the Assembly for a vote. If two or more lists have
accumulated the same number of supporting signatures, all the candidacies included in these lists are presented for a vote.
Source: The Electoral Code of the Republic of Albania, dated 2 April 2015, Art.15.
Verified: 2017/05/17
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