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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 d . Other kinds of elections (church, union, etc.) Please specify.
Comments: The Election Act assigns a number of specific tasks to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Interior. In practice these tasks are dealt with in a separate election unit in the Ministry, headed by the Election Consultant.
Administration of referenda is also the responsibility of the Ministry of Social Welfare.
"The Ministry for Economic Affairs and the Interior is responsible for performing tasks in connection with general elections, referenda, elections to local and regional councils as well as elections of Danish members to the European Parliament" (Official website, Ministry for economic affairs and the interior)
Source: Parliamentary Elections and Election Administration in Denmark (Dr Jorgen Elklit and Anne Birte Pade, Election consultant Ministry of Interior),
Parliamentary Elections Act, P1.
Ministry for economic affairs and the interior, official website:
https://english.oim.dk/responsibilities-of-the-ministry/elections-and-referenda/
Verified: 2019/05/23
EM004
EMB budget determined by
Question: The budget of the national electoral management body is determined by:
Answer(s):
c . The legislature
Comments:
Source: Inter-Parliamentary Union, 2019, Denmark - Law making, oversight, budget
https://data.ipu.org/node/48/law-making-oversight-budget/budget?chamber_id=13376
Anne Birte Pade, Head of Election Unit, Ministry of Interior,
[email protected]
Klaus Josefsen, Election Unit, Ministry of Interior,
[email protected]
Verified: 2019/05/27
EM005
EMB expenditures controlled by
Question: The expenditures of the national electoral management body are controlled by:
Answer(s):
d . A national government department
Comments: The expenses connected with elections are covered mainly by the municipalities. The total expenses connected to a general election for municipalities have been estimated to be around DKr. 50-60 million (approximately US $10 million). For the Ministry of the Interior and Health, direct expenses are only DKr. 800,000 (approximately US $145,000).
"Budgets for EMBs under the Governmental Model are usually part of the budget of the government ministry responsible for implementing electoral processes, as in [...] Denmark."
Source: The Parliamentary Electoral System in Denmark: Guide to the Danish Electoral System by the Ministry of the Interior and Health/ Aarhus University, Jan. 2011. Ch. 5 sec. 5.
Electoral Management Design, Revised edition. Chapter 7: The Financing of EMBs. Pg. 210.
http://www.eods.eu/library/IDEA.Electoral-Management-Design.pdf
Verified: 2019/05/27
EM006
Term of EMB members
Question: The term of the members of the national electoral management body is:
Answer:
d . Other
Comments: The Election Act assigns a number of specific tasks to the Minister for the Interior and Health. In practice, these tasks are dealt with in a separate election unit in the Ministry, headed by the Chief Election Officer. The number of staff assigned to handle electoral matters between elections is small (5). When an election is called, however, additional staff is temporarily assigned to assist the election unit in carrying out its tasks at the national level, directly connected with the conduct of the election.
Source: The Parliamentary Electoral System in Denmark: Guide to the Danish Electoral System by the Ministry of the Interior and Health/ Aarhus University, Jan. 2011. Ch. 2 sec. 1.
Verified: 2019/05/27
EM012
Electoral Management model
Question: What is the Electoral Management model?
Answer:
a . Governmental
Comments:
Source: Electoral Management Design, Revised edition. P. 378
http://www.eods.eu/library/IDEA.Electoral-Management-Design.pdf
Verified: 2019/05/27
EM013
Number of EMB members
Question: The EMB is composed of:
Answer:
a . 1 - 10 members (specify)
Comments: 4.-(2) The Election Board consists of a chairman and two other members, however, in cases specified in subsection (1)(ii) and (iii) three other members.
Source: Folketing (Parliamentary) Elections Act, Consolidated Act No. 369 of 10 April 2014. Part 4 Electoral Registers and Poll Cards. Election Board, pg. 5. https://valg.oim.dk/media/16286/consolidated-act-parliament-elections-incl-chapt2-2014.pdf
Verified: 2019/05/27
EM014
Membership based on
Question: The EMB members/commissioners are selected on the basis of their:
Answer:
b . Expertise
Comments: 4.-(2)The chairman must be a High Court or Supreme Court judge, and either of the other members must be an expert on constitutional law. The extra member of the Board in cases specified in subsection (1)(ii) and (iii) must be an expert on name and trade mark rights. A deputy chairman and a substitute for both of the two other members must be appointed by the same rules.
Source: Folketing (Parliamentary) Elections Act, Consolidated Act No. 369 of 10 April 2014. Part 4 Electoral Registers and Poll Cards. Election Board, pg. 5-6. https://valg.oim.dk/media/16286/consolidated-act-parliament-elections-incl-chapt2-2014.pdf
Verified: 2019/05/27
EM015
Question: The EMB members/commissioners are selected by:
Answer(s):
c . Executive
Comments: 17.-(1) The Minister for Economic Affairs and the Interior shall set up an Election Board to decide on-
(i) inclusion in the electoral register according to section 16(2);
(ii) approval of forms for voters’ declarations for new parties requesting to participate in general elections, cf. section 12(2) and (3), and section 13(3), or European parliamentary elections, cf. section 11(2) and (3), and section 12 of the Members of the European Parliament Election Act; and
(iii) inclusion in the List of Party Names, cf. section 13(4).
Source: Folketing (Parliamentary) Elections Act, Consolidated Act No. 369 of 10 April 2014. Part 4 Electoral Registers and Poll Cards. Election Board, pg. 5. https://valg.oim.dk/media/16286/consolidated-act-parliament-elections-incl-chapt2-2014.pdf
Verified: 2019/05/27
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