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Legislative Framework

Tonga Tonga

LF001

Status of Electoral Law
Question:What is the status of the electoral law governing national elections?
Answer(s): a. Part of Constitution
b. Separate legislation
d. Regulations or administrative rules
Comments:
Source: Constitution of Tonga: https://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/pacific/TO/Tonga%20Act%20of%20Constitution%201988.pdf/view (2021); Electoral Commission Act 2010: https://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/pacific/TO/tonga-electoral-commission-act-2010/view (2021); Electoral Boundaries Commission Act 2010: https://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/pacific/TO/tonga-electoral-boundaries-commission-act-2010-1 (2021); Electoral Regulations 2010: https://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/pacific/TO/tonga-electoral-regulations-2010/view (2021); Amendments can be found here: https://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/pacific/TO/tonga-electoral-amendment-act-2010/view (2021).
Verified: 2021/09/13
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LF003

Electoral Law covers
Question:The national electoral law covers:
Answer(s): a. National elections
Comments:
Source: Constitution of Tonga: https://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/pacific/TO/Tonga%20Act%20of%20Constitution%201988.pdf/view (2021); Electoral Act (as amended in 2010): https://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/pacific/TO/tonga-electoral-amendment-act-2010/view (2021); Electoral Commission Act 2010: https://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/pacific/TO/tonga-electoral-commission-act-2010/view (2021); Electoral Boundaries Commission Act 2010: https://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/pacific/TO/tonga-electoral-boundaries-commission-act-2010-1 (2021); Electoral Regulations 2010: https://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/pacific/TO/tonga-electoral-regulations-2010/view (2021).
Verified: 2021/09/13
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LF004

Compulsory/voluntary voting
Question:Is voting on the national level voluntary or compulsory?
Answer(s): a. Voting is voluntary
Comments:
Source: Constitution of Tonga, Art. 64: https://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/pacific/TO/Tonga%20Act%20of%20Constitution%201988.pdf/view (2021).
Verified: 2021/09/13
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LF007

Electoral Disputes Agency(ies)
Question:What are the agency(ies) responsible for the first level of formal electoral disputes?
Answer(s): a. Judiciary
c. Specially Appointed/Elected Electoral Tribunal
Comments: a) An election petition may be presented to the Supreme Court by a person who voted or had a right to vote at the election, by a person claiming to have had a fight to be elected or returned at the election, or by a person alleging himself to have been a candidate at the election. c)The Electoral Appeal Committee deals with any person whose application for registration as an elector has been refused, or whose name has been removed from the register, or who disputes the electoral district in which he has been registered.
Source: Electoral Act (as amended in 2014), Art. 6, 26: https://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/pacific/TO/tonga-electoral-amendment-act-2014 (2021)
Verified: 2021/09/13
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