An ElectoralCommission or Election Commission is an election management body , in charge of overseeing ... ElectoralCommission New South Wales ElectoralCommission Victorian ElectoralCommissionElectoralCommission of South Australia Australian Capital Territory ElectoralCommissionElectoralCommission of Queensland Western Australian ElectoralCommission Northern Territory ElectoralCommission Tasmanian ElectoralCommission Bangladesh Bangladesh Election Commission Belize Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission Brazil Supreme Electoral Court Brazil Colombia National Electoral Council Colombia Democratic Republic of the Congo Independent ElectoralCommission DRC Ghana ElectoralCommission of Ghana Guyana Guyana Elections Commission Hong Kong Electoral Affairs Commission India Election Commission of India Iran Guardian Council Iraq Independent High ElectoralCommission Kenya ElectoralCommission of Kenya defunct Interim Independent ElectoralCommission of Kenya Interim Independent ElectoralCommission replaced ECK Liberia National Elections Commission of Liberia Malaysia Election Commission of Malaysia Mexico Federal Electoral Institute Nepal Election Commission of Nepal New Zealand ElectoralCommission New Zealand Pakistan Election Commission of Pakistan Poland State ElectoralCommission of the Republic of Poland State ElectoralCommission Pa stwowa Komisja Wyborcza Philippines ... South Africa Independent ElectoralCommission South Africa Thailand Election Commission Thailand Turkey Supreme Electoral Council Turkey Supreme Electoral Council Ukraine Central Election Commission of Ukraine United Kingdom ElectoralCommission United Kingdom United States Election Assistance ... ElectoralCommission United States , created solely to resolve the disputed 1876 presidential election Federal Election Commission , regulates campaign finance legislation Uruguay Electoral Court Uruguay Electoral Court Zimbabwe Zimbabwe ElectoralCommission See also Central Election Commission Election ... more details
The Independent ElectoralCommission La Commission Electorale Ind pendante or CENI runs elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo . File DRC Ceni Nico 230 NP.jpg left frame A CENI election official speaks to the Voice of America . External links http www.cei rdc.cd Independent ElectoralCommission website DRCongo stub Africa election stub Category Elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo fr Commission lectorale ind pendante R publique d mocratique du Congo ... more details
Update date June 2011 The ElectoralCommission of New Zealand is a governmental body responsible for administering certain aspects of elections in New Zealand the country s electoral system . It is an independent Crown entity, not part of any larger department or Ministry collective executive Ministry , and was established under the Electoral Act 1993. It works alongside two other bodies, the Chief Electoral Office New Zealand Chief Electoral Office and the Electoral Enrolment Centre New Zealand Electoral Enrolment Centre . The four primary functions of the ElectoralCommission are Registration of political parties. The Commission is responsible for scrutinising and approving all changes to the electoral register. A place on the register allows parties to contest the party vote in general elections. Unregistered parties can put forward individual candidates, but cannot receive votes for proportional representation under the Mixed Member Proportional MMP system. The Commission must be satisfied that such a party meets the requirements for registration, such as having five hundred financial members. Allocating broadcasting funding. Political parties are given state funding for any broadcasting they conduct in an election campaign. The Commission is responsible for dividing money between ..., the ElectoralCommission consists of four members &mdash a President, a Chief Executive, the head of the Minister ... years. External links http www.elections.govt.nz Joint website of the ElectoralCommission, the Electoral Enrolment Centre, and the Chief Electoral Office http www.beehive.govt.nz release electoralcommission president appointed Beehive Press Release NZ crown entities Independent crown entities Use ... election performance, and current polling. The Commission also supervises the actual payment of this funding .... The Commission supervises this process. Public education. The Commission is the primary body charged ... unfairly monopolised funding. These additional members were removed in 2007 by the Electoral Finance ... more details
Infobox Government agency agency name Victorian ElectoralCommission logo logo width logo caption formed preceding1 State Electoral Office dissolved superseding jurisdiction Government of Victoria employees chief1 name Mr Steve Tully chief1 position Electoral Commissioner parent agency child1 agency website http www.vec.vic.gov.au www.vec.vic.gov.au footnotes The Victorian ElectoralCommission formerly State Electoral Office , or VEC, is the government agency responsible for the running of state ... ElectoralCommission is subject to oversight by the http www.parliament.vic.gov.au emc Victorian State Parliament Electoral Matters Committee which regularly holds inquiries into the conduct of public ... title State elections publisher Victorian ElectoralCommission accessdate 2007 08 29 archiveurl ... 2007 08 21 ref At the 2010 election, the Victorian ElectoralCommission VEC used mapping software to better ... Report, Section 9 Recommended service improvements page 117 publisher Victorian ElectoralCommission ... between the Australian ElectoralCommission AEC and the VEC, but the AEC withdrew. The VEC still submits ... by filling in Electoral Enrolment Forms when their details change. Boundary Redistributions The VEC assists the Electoral Boundaries Commission in redistributing state electoral boundaries from ... Politics of Victoria References reflist External links http www.vec.vic.gov.au Victorian ElectoralCommission http www.aec.gov.au Australian ElectoralCommission http www.parliament.vic.gov.au emc Victorian ... Although it is an independent agency, the Commission falls under the Department of Justice umbrella. The Commission head office is located on level 11, 530 Collins Street, Melbourne , although during ... for a liquor licence to be granted. In such circumstances the VEC conducts these polls. Electoral Enrolment The VEC has its own Electoral Enrolment Branch which is responsible for maintaining the State Electoral Roll. Unlike all other states with the exception of Western Australia , the VEC ... more details
ElectoralCommission of Kenya refers to the now defunct commission that was disbanded by the 10th Parliament in 2008 and replaced with the Interim Independent ElectoralCommission of Kenya . Samuel Kivuitu the last Chairman of the Commission and the commissioners at the time of disbanding, in November, 2008, moved to court to contest the disbanding of the Commission. ref http www.nation.co.ke News 1056 489846 tllaki Court halts bid to disband ECK Daily Nation, November 11, 2008 ref They claim that the disbanding was unconstitutional as a tribunal should have been set up to investigate any wrongdoing on their part in the Kenyan presidential election, 2007 2007 Presidential election . The next hearing for the suit will on February 3, 2010 at the Constitutional Court. ref http www.standardmedia.co.ke InsidePage.php?id 1144028527 ECK commissioners suit to be heard in February The Standard, November 17, 2009 ref See also Constitution of Kenya 10th Kenyan Parliament Kenyan presidential election, 2007 References reflist External links http web.archive.org web 20080707093757 http www.eck.or.ke Official website through archive.org DEFAULTSORT ElectoralCommission Of Kenya Category Politics of Kenya Category Kenyan law Category Election commissions Kenya sw Tume ya Uchaguzi ya Kenya ... more details
Infobox Government agency agency name United Kingdom br The ElectoralCommission nativename nativename a nativename r logo logo width logo caption seal ElectoralCommission UK logo.png seal width 112px ... agency website http www.electoralcommission.org.uk footnotes PoliticsUK The ElectoralCommission ... granted the ElectoralCommission a variety of new supervisory and investigatory powers. It fills significant ... in Great Britain and made changes to the structure of the ElectoralCommission, including allowing .... Controversy in May 2010 general election The ElectoralCommission and Jenny Watson , its head, faced ..., detailing income and expenditure, to the ElectoralCommission. The Commission publishes these on its ... returns to the ElectoralCommission. The Commission may impose financial civil penalties on political ... electoral registers and a well run electoral registration process The Commission produces guidance .... The Commission has published performance standards for electoral registration in Great Britain. Electoral ... events, the ElectoralCommission has a statutory duty to prepare and publish a report on the administration ... in January 2009 as the second Chair of the ElectoralCommission. Ms Watson was previously Chair ... for Scotland. Tony Hobman. Peter Wardle is the current Chief Executive of the ElectoralCommission ... by the leaders of political parties, scrutinised by the Speaker s Committee on the ElectoralCommission ... Commissioners to the ElectoralCommission , 14 July 2010 ref The first of these Commissioners will be as follows ... of stakeholders and the distinctive procedures and practices across the UK, the ElectoralCommission ..., London, Midlands, and North of England regions. Speaker s Committee on the ElectoralCommission The Electoral ... The ElectoralCommission http www.dopolitics.org.uk Do Politics Centre Category Election ... party and election finance and sets standards for well run elections. The Commission is independent of Government of the United Kingdom Government and answerable to Parliament. History The Electoral ... more details
Use dmy dates date August 2010 Infobox Government agency agency name Australian ElectoralCommission ... www.aec.gov.au www.aec.gov.au footnotes The Australian ElectoralCommission , or the AEC, is the federal ... and local government elections are overseen by the ElectoralCommission in each state and territory. The Australian ElectoralCommission also maintains the Commonwealth Electoral roll Electoral Roll . Under the Joint Roll Arrangements, the AEC maintains the electoral roll for the whole of Australia. This roll is used by the state and territory Electoral Commissions to conduct their elections. The AEC also plays a leading role in electoral education and industrial voting votes on industrial ... of Rolls.htm title Close of Rolls work publisher Australian ElectoralCommission www.aec.gov.au accessdate ... About AEC Media releases e2010 06 08.htm title Statement from the Australian ElectoralCommission on High Court Decision work publisher Australian ElectoralCommission www.aec.gov.au accessdate 2010 ... ElectoralCommission on High Court Decision work publisher Australian ElectoralCommission ... Notes Reflist External links http www.aec.gov.au The Australian ElectoralCommission website http www.eca.gov.au ... of Australia pt Australian ElectoralCommission ... pfo chief1 name Mr Ed Killesteyn chief1 position Electoral Commissioner chief2 name The Hon ... of Home Affairs. In 1973 it became the Australian Electoral Office, a name it retained until 21 February 1984 when it became the Australian ElectoralCommission, a Commonwealth statutory authority. The AEC consists of a Chairman a Judge or a retired Judge of the Federal Court , the Electoral Commissioner ... . The Electoral Commissioner has the powers of a Secretary of a Department under the Public Service ... of Representatives elections within their division. Each State also has an Australian Electoral ... to the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters ref cite web url http www.aph.gov.au house ... more details
Citations missing date December 2007 The ElectoralCommission of South Australia ECSA in South Australia , a state of Australia , is an independent office which conducts South Australian legislative elections parliamentary state elections every 4 years and is also responsible for the compulsory re drawing of South Australian House of Assembly electoral districts before each election. The office is led by electoral commissioner Kay Mousley . The electoralcommission was the first electoral administration in the world to utilise computer technology to produce an electoral roll, the first prototype roll scanner, and the development and use of cardboard ballot boxes and voting compartments. In 1907 the then State Electoral Department was established to administer all South Australian parliamentary elections. Since that time more than 120 parliamentary elections, by elections and referendums have been conducted by this Office. The State Electoral Commissioner was first empowered to conduct miscellaneous elections in 1980 and later in 1990 the Attorney General gave approval for the Commissioner to be appointed Returning Officer for Local Government elections when requested. In 1999 the Electoral Commissioner was appointed Returning Officer for all Local Government elections. After the South Australian state election, 1989 1989 election , electoral boundaries for lower house seats were legislated to be specifically redistributed by the ECSA in attempts to pursue a fair outcome, being that based on the latest election outcome would see whoever wins more than 50 percent of the two party preferred vote forms government. The gerrymander known as the Playmander ended during Liberal and Country League LCL Steele Hall s premiership in the late 1960s, with a fairer but not as comprehensive system as from 1989. External links and references http www.ecsa.sa.gov.au ECSA website Category Election agencies in Australia Category Elections in South Australia Category Government agencies ... more details
Unreferenced date November 2006 The Electoral Affairs Commission of Hong Kong is an independent, apolitical and impartial body established under the Electoral Affairs Commission Ordinance . Its main functions include considering or reviewing the boundaries of Legislative Council of Hong Kong Legislative Council geographical constituencies and constituenies of the 18 District Council of Hong Kong District Council s for the purpose of making recommendations, and overseeing the conduct and supervision of elections and regulating the procedures at an election. It is also responsible for supervision of the registration of electors and the promotional activities relating to registration. In 1997, the EAC succeeded the former Boundary and Election Commission Traditional Chinese character Traditional Chinese languages Chinese , which was established on 23 July 1993. It is headed by a chairman, a position which has always been filled a High Court formerly known as Supreme Court judge. The executive body that is responsible for elections is the Registration and Electoral Office , which reports to the Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs the Secretary for Constitutional Affairs before 1 July 2007 . See also Boundary Commissions United Kingdom Boundary Commission s Election management body Category Politics of Hong Kong Category Election commissions Hong Kong HK poli stub zh ... more details
Politics of New Zealand The Royal Commission on the Electoral System was formed in New Zealand in 1985, and reported in 1986. The decision to form the Royal Commission was taken by the Fourth Labour Government of New Zealand Fourth Labour government , after the Labour party had received more votes, yet ... election, 1978 1978 and New Zealand general election, 1981 1981 elections. The Royal Commission s report http www.elections.org.nz study researchers royal commission report 1986.html Towards a Better Democracy was instrumental in effecting New Zealand to Electoral reform in New Zealand change its electoral system from first past the post to mixed member proportional . Membership The Royal Commission ... Commission established ten criteria for choosing an electoral system. The criteria were not weighed equally by the commission, and a balance was sought. 1. Fairness between political parties The number ... should respect views taken by others in society 5. Effective representation of constituents An electoral ... Fair and reasonable to the community The Commission evaluated first past the post , single ... The Commission unanimously recommended the adoption of mixed member proportional , with a threshold ... . The term of Parliament be raised to four years. The Commission recommended that Referendums in New ... under a three year term. See also Electoral reform in New Zealand Electoral system of New Zealand Royal Commission on the Electoral System, Report of the Royal Commission on the Electoral System Towards a Better Democracy , Wellington Government Printers, 1986 Citizens Assembly on Electoral Reform British Columbia External links http www.elections.org.nz study researchers royal commission report 1986.html Electronic copy of the Royal Commission s report http www.elections.org.nz study history ... Electoral Reform Coalition http janda.org c95 news 20articles New 20Zealand ZNswitch.htm New Zealand ... Category Voting systems Category History of electoral systems Category Electoral reform in New Zealand ... more details
Image IECI Logo.png right thumb Logo of the IECI. Politics of Iraq The Independent High ElectoralCommission lang ar IHEC is Iraq s electoralcommission. The electoralcommission is headed by a nine member board. Seven of those members are voting and must be Iraqi citizens. The other two members are the Chief Electoral Officer and an outside expert appointed by the United Nations . History It was set up in May 2004 by the Coalition Provisional Authority CPA as the Independent Election Commission of Iraq IECI by CPA Order 92 as the exclusive electoral authority in Iraq to begin work towards holding an election in the country. In 2007 the IECI was renamed the Independent High ElectoralCommission IHEC in accordance with Law 11 2007 of the Council of Representatives of Iraq COR . In the 2005 election the expert was Colombian Carlos Valenzuela . The current Chief Electoral Officer is Adil Lami . The commission set up and ran the January Iraqi legislative election, January 2005 2005 Iraqi legislative election as well as the simultaneous elections for provincial governments and the Kurdistan Regional Government . Procedure Little is known about the commission, its procedures, organization, composition, or acts. The commission receives lists of candidates to ban from the Council of Representatives of Iraq Council of Representatives Accountability and Justice Commission . ref cite news title Iraqi Panel Moves to Bar Sunni From March Election Move Made to Bar Iraqi From Ballot last1 Bakri first1 Nada last2 Shadid first2 Anthony publisher New York Times date 7 January 2010 url http www.nytimes.com 2010 01 08 world middleeast 08iraq.html ref ref cite news title Move to ban candidates sparks political crisis in Iraq last1 Karadsheh first1 Jomana last2 ... outside of Iraq. The Commission is also tasked with dealing with complaints about the election ... Assistance Mission in Iraq CEPPS International Foundation for Electoral Systems References reflist colwidth ... more details
Infobox Government agency agency name ElectoralCommission of Ghana nativename nativename a nativename r logo logo width logo caption ElectoralCommission of Ghana seal seal width seal caption picture picture width picture caption formed 1993 preceding1 preceding2 etc. dissolved superseding Interim National ElectoralCommission jurisdiction Government of Ghana headquarters Accra latd latm lats latNS longd longm longs longEW region code employees budget minister1 name minister1 pfo minister2 name minister2 pfo chief1 name Chairman chief1 position Dr. Afari Gyan chief2 name Deputy Chairman chief2 position David Kangah chief3 name Deputy Chairman chief3 position K. Sarfo Kantanka agency type parent agency child1 agency child2 agency etc. keydocument1 URL ec.gov.gh node 16 website URL ec.gov.gh footnotes map map width map caption The ElectoralCommission of Ghana is the official body in Ghana responsible for all public elections . Made up of seven members, its independence is guaranteed by the 1992 Ghana constitution. ref cite web url http www.ec.gov.gh ?q node 26 title ESTABLISHMENT OF ELECTORALCOMMISSION accessdate 2008 10 20 publisher ElectoralCommission of Ghana ref The current commission was established by the ElectoralCommission Act Act 451 of 1993. Members The Commission is made ... node 13 ElectoralCommission of Ghana bgcolor 000000 colspan 3 International support The acclaim that the commission received for successfully supporting the close Ghanaian presidential election ... The Commissioners url http www.ec.gov.gh node 13 work Official Website publisher ElectoralCommission ... was also appointed to the Commission by the President to bring it to its full complement of seven ... for Electoral Systems , the Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy , the Open Society Initiative ... of the commission retired. They were Elizabeth Solomon, Mrs. Theresa Cole and Professor Ernest Dumor. Another member, Dr. M . K .Puni, died in June 2005. Dixon Afreh is a former member of the Commission ... more details
Politics of Zimbabwe Zimbabwe ElectoralCommission ZEC is a nominally independent organization which controls elections at all levels of Politics of Zimbabwe Zimbabwe politics . It was established by an Act of parliament Act of the Parliament of Zimbabwe Parliament in 2004, with influence from its predecessor, the Electoral Supervisory Commission as well as the Southern African Development Community . ref name ZEC http www.zec.org.zw Zimbabwe ElectoralCommission ref Official Functions Preparing for, conducting and supervising all elections Elections in Zimbabwe and referendums . Ensuring that elections are free, fair, transparent, and perfectly in accordance with the law. Directing and controlling voter registration . Gathering Voter roll voters rolls and registers Guarding and maintaining ... in compliance with the Zimbabwe ElectoralCommission act is not carried out by any foreign ... the work of the commission as well as the electoral process. The exercise of any other function imposed on the commission by acts of parliament. ref name ZEC http www.zimbabweelectoralcommission.org zec.co.zw programmes.php Zimbabwe ElectoralCommission ref The Commission The Commission comprises ... and placing polling station s. Supervising the Voter Registration registration of voters under the Electoral Law delimiting Constituencies Electoral Boundaries . Instructing the registrar general of voters ... Keeping the public informed about the demarcation of constituencies and other electoral ... with the judicial service commission, and the other 7 are appointed from a list of nominees supplied ... charged with the day to day running of the Commission. ref name ZEC ref http www.afdevinfo.com ... will continue to rule regardless of electoral results, which has encouraged groups of Zimbabwe National ... generated title ref Media MDC also claim that the Commission fails to run efficiently as it has failed ... the Commission for failing to monitor this. ref name IM See also International reaction to the 2008 ... more details
Image Florida Case.jpg right thumb 400px The ElectoralCommission was a panel that resolved the disputed presidential election of 1876. The ElectoralCommission was a temporary body created by Congress ... a law forming the ElectoralCommission to settle the result. The Commission consisted of fifteen members ..., Tilden needed only one of the disputed votes, while Hayes needed all twenty. ElectoralCommission ... creating an ElectoralCommission. Many Republicans objected to the idea, insisting that the President .... Whenever two different electoral vote certificates arrived from any state, the Commission was empowered ... Just as the ElectoralCommission Bill was passing Congress, the Legislature of Illinois elected Davis ... to give the disputed electoral votes to Hayes. ref name Nagle The membership of the Commission ... Strong Pennsylvania Supreme Court Republican colspan 3 President of the ElectoralCommission Proceedings of the Commission The ElectoralCommission held its meetings in the Supreme Court chamber. It sat .... Stoughton . ref name Britannica ElectoralCommission. 1911 . Encyclop dia Britannica , 11th ed. London ... of party line votes, the Commission awarded all twenty disputed electoral votes to Hayes. Under the ElectoralCommission Act, the Commission s findings were final unless overruled by both houses ... Hayes case before the ElectoralCommission, William M. Evarts, was appointed United States Secretary ..., Elbert W. R. 1910 . History and Law of the Hayes Tilden Contest Before the ElectoralCommission ... . Boston Little, Brown, and Co. U.S. ElectoralCommission. 1877 . Electoral Count of 1877. Proceedings of the ElectoralCommission and of the Two Houses of Congress in Joint Meeting Relative to the Count .... 44th Cong. 2d Sess. Washington GPO. External links Cite NIE year 1905 ElectoralCommission Cite EB1911 ElectoralCommission Category United States presidential election, 1876 Category Political ... States Republican Party Republican ticket, Rutherford B. Hayes and William A. Wheeler . Twenty electoral ... more details
The Independent National ElectoralCommission INEC , set up in 1998, is the electoral body which was set up to oversee elections in Nigeria . ref name inec cite web url http www.inecnigeria.org title INEC Nigeria accessdate 2007 03 19 work INEC website publisher Independent National ElectoralCommission ref The INEC has encountered several controversies in the run up to the Nigerian general election, 2007 April 2007 general elections , including criticism about its preparedness from Sada Abubakar ... 2007 04 20 ref History The origin of the INEC goes back to the period before Independence when the ElectoralCommission of Nigeria was established to conduct 1959 elections. The Federal ElectoralCommission FEC , established in 1960 conducted the immediate post independence federal and regional elections of 1964 and 1965. The electoral body was dissolved after the military coup of 1966. In 1978, the Federal ElectoralCommission was constituted by the regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo , organizing ... inecnigeria.org index.php?cateid 9&contid 6 title INEC History publisher Independent National ElectoralCommission accessdate 2010 02 13 ref In December 1995, the military government of General Sani Abacha established the National ElectoralCommission of Nigeria which conducted another set of elections ... and established the Independent National ElectoralCommission INEC . INEC organized the transitional ... of the first Nigerian Federal ElectoralCommission was Chief Eyo Esua 1964 1966 in the Nigerian ... power in the Nigerian Second Republic Second Republic , he established a new Federal ElectoralCommission ..., the National ElectoralCommission of Nigeria was headed by Professor Eme Awa 1987 1989 ... nvnews 26106 1 electoralcommission through the years.html title ELECTORALCOMMISSION ... Olusegun Obasanjo appointed Abel Guobadia Nigeria s Chief Electoral Officer, a position that was confirmed ... index.php?cateid 9&contid 6 INEC website Chairmen of Nigerian electoral commissions Category ... more details
The Speaker s Committee on the ElectoralCommission , or simply the Speaker s Committee , is a body created under the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 to scrutinise the ElectoralCommission United Kingdom ElectoralCommission . ref name sect2&4 http www.opsi.gov.uk RevisedStatutes Acts ukpga 2000 cukpga 20000041 en 18 Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act c. 41 , Schedule 1 ss 14 19 ref Through the Committee s members, the Commission is able to field questions in the House of Commons in a manner similar to the way ministers do. Composition The Committee comprises nine MPs the Speaker of the British House of Commons Speaker of the House of Commons who also serves as its chair , the Lord President of the Council , ref name Lord Chancellor As ministerial responsibility for the ElectoralCommission was transferred to the Deputy Prime Minister, this position was transferred by statutory instrument as was done when responsibility shifted from the Home Secretary to the Lord Chancellor. See http www.legislation.gov.uk uksi 2010 1837 article 4 made SI 2010 1837, s 4 and http www.opsi.gov.uk si si2002 20022626.htm 11 SI 2002 2626, s 11 . ref the Chair of the select committee responsible for electoral issues, ref name Chairs Section 2 2 a of the Political Parties, Elections, and Referendums Act specifically calls for this to be the chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee , but 2 6 b states that if responsibility for electoral issues transfers to another committee, that committees chair should serve instead. In the 2005, Alan Beith served on the Committee as chair of the Justice Select Committee . As ministerial responsibility for the ElectoralCommission has transferred to the Deputy Prime Minister, the chair of the Political and Constitutional Reform Select Committee , which was set up to scrutinse the Deputy Prime Minister s functions, now serves. ref the minister responsible for local government, and five others nominated by the Speaker who ... more details
Politics of Kenya The Interim Independent ElectoralCommission of Kenya IIEC was set up on May 7, 2009. The commission was set up to replace the previously disbanded ElectoralCommission of Kenya that was widely blamed for the election violence after the Kenyan general election, 2007 . The commissioners were sworn in on May 11, 2009. ref http iiec.or.ke iiec agenda I.I.E.C Agenda IIEC, 2009 ref Commissioners Ahmed Issack Hassan Chair Simiyu Abuid Wasike Winnie Guchu Yusuf Nzibo Davis Chirchir Douglas Mwashigadi Hamara Ibrahim Adan Ken Nyaundi Tiyah Galgalo The Interim Independent ElectoralCommission is to be replaced by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission IEBC . See also Constitution of Kenya Harmonized Draft Constitution of Kenya, 2009 10th Kenyan Parliament Interim Independent Boundaries Review Commission of Kenya References reflist External links http www.iiec.or.ke Interim Independent ElectoralCommission DEFAULTSORT Interim Independent ElectoralCommission Of Kenya Category Politics of Kenya Category Kenyan law Category Election commissions ... more details
Infobox Government agency agency name ACT ElectoralCommission logo logo width logo caption formed 1991? preceding1 dissolved superseding jurisdiction Government of the Australian Capital Territory ACT Government employees chief1 name Mr Phillip Green chief1 position Electoral Commissioner parent agency ACT Attorney General child1 agency website http www.elections.act.gov.au ACT ElectoralCommission footnotes The Australian Capital Territory ElectoralCommission is the agency of the Government of the Australian Capital Territory with responsibility for the conduct of elections and referendums for the unicameral Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly ACT Legislative Assembly the determination of electoral boundaries for the ACT and the provision of electoral advice and services to government and on government agencies. ref cite web url http www.elections.act.gov.au about org.html title Who are we? work publisher ACT ElectoralCommission date 2007 accessdate 2010 08 01 ref The responsibilities and roles of the Commission are set out in the 1992 Electoral Act and subsequent amendments. ref cite web url http www.elections.act.gov.au elections legislation.html title ACT Electoral Legislation work publisher ACT ElectoralCommission date 2008 accessdate 2010 08 01 ref Structure and Staffing The ACT ElectoralCommission comprises three statutory office holders a part time Chairperson Mr Roger Beale , a full time Electoral Commissioner Mr Phillip Green and another part time ... services Public Service and from other Australian electoral authorities and employs casual staff under the Electoral Act. For administrative purposes, the ACT ElectoralCommission comes under the Justice ... External links http www.elections.act.gov.au Australian Capital Territory ElectoralCommission http www.legislation.act.gov.au a 1992 71 default.asp Australian Capital Territory Electoral Act 1992 ... Minister government Minister . See also Electoral systems of the Australian states and territories ... more details
Infobox Government agency agency name New South Wales ElectoralCommission logo logo width logo caption formed preceding1 State Electoral Office dissolved superseding jurisdiction Government of New South Wales employees chief1 name Mr Colin Barry chief1 position Electoral Commissioner minister1 name Barry O Farrell minister1 pfo Premier of New South Wales employees 36 budget Australian dollar A 20.3m parent agency Department of Premier and Cabinet New South Wales Department of Premier and Cabinet child1 agency website http www.elections.nsw.gov.au www.elections.nsw.gov.au footnotes The New South Wales ElectoralCommission is the agency of the Government of New South Wales with responsibility for the adminisation, organisation, and supervision of elections in New South Wales for state government, local government , industrial and Aboriginal organisations, and registered clubs and statutory bodies. The Commission is responsible for the administration of the Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Act, 1912 , ref cite web title Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Act, 1912 work New South Wales Consolidated Acts publisher Australasian Legal Information Institute url http www.austlii.edu.au au legis nsw consol act peaea1912382 date accessdate 6 November 2006 ref including the registration or enrolment of electors, the preparation of lists and rolls of electors and the conduct of elections, ref cite web publisher State Electoral Office title SEO Information url http www.seo.nsw.gov.au seo information date accessdate 6 November 2006 ref and reports to the Department of Premier and Cabinet New South Wales Department of Premier and Cabinet . Until October 2006, the Commission was known as the State Electoral Office. External links http www.elections.nsw.gov.au New South Wales ElectoralCommission References reflist 2 Category Elections in New South Wales Electoral Category Government agencies of New South Wales Electoral Category Election agencies in Australia Australia gov ... more details
Infobox government agency agency name Independent ElectoralCommission type Commission nativename nativename a nativename r logo IEC SA logo.png logo width 100px logo caption seal seal width seal caption picture picture width picture caption formed Start date 1996 10 17 df y preceding1 preceding2 etc. dissolved superseding jurisdiction Government of South Africa headquarters Election House, Centurion, Gauteng Centurion latd latm lats latNS longd longm longs longEW region code coordinates employees budget minister1 name minister1 pfo minister2 name minister2 pfo etc. deputyminister1 name deputyminister1 pfo deputyminister2 name deputyminister2 pfo etc. chief1 name Pansy Tlakula chief1 position Chairperson chief2 name Mosotho Moepya chief2 position acting Chief Electoral Officer etc. agency type parent department parent agency child1 agency child2 agency etc. keydocument1 Constitution of South Africa , s. 190 keydocument2 ElectoralCommission Act, 1996 keydocument3 Electoral Act, 1998 etc. website URL http www.elections.org.za footnotes map map width map caption The Independent ElectoralCommission is South Africa s independent election management body . It manages elections to the National Assembly South Africa National Assembly , the provincial legislature South Africa provincial legislatures and the municipalities of South Africa municipal councils . A temporary ElectoralCommission was created in 1993 to manage the South African general election, 1994 first non racial election of the national and provincial legislatures, which was held on 26 29 April 1994. The permanent ElectoralCommission was established on 17 October 1996, and has since managed general national and provincial elections in South African general election, 1999 1999 , South African general election, 2004 ... election, 2011 2011 . External links http www.elections.org.za Independent ElectoralCommission ... South Africa af Onafhanklike Verkiesingskommissie van Suid Afrika de Independent ElectoralCommission ... more details
The Royal Commission on Electoral Reform and Party Financing or RCERPF , also known as the Lortie Commission , ref name enumtoNRE cite journal url http www.irpp.org choices archive vol9no7.pdf format PDF title From Enumeration to the National Register of Electors An Account and an Evaluation last Black first Jerome H. journal Choices publisher Institute for Research on Public Policy volume 9 number 7 issn 0711 0677 date 7 August 2003 accessdate 2011 03 30 ref was a Royal Commission established to investigate changes to Canadian election laws defined in the Canada Elections Act . The Royal Commission was appointed by the federal government in 1989 to review, among other issues, the many anomalies identified by Charter challengers , ref name established cite web url http www.civilization.ca cmc exhibitions hist elections el 039 e.shtml work Chronicle A spotlight on 1920 1927 title The Charter A watershed publisher Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation accessdate 2011 03 28 ref particularly regarding restrictions in the Elections Act inconsistent with Section Three of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms . It reported to the Cabinet of Canada in 1991, and made many recommendations. As a result, in 1992 Bill C 78 was passed, and in 1993 Bill C 114 was passed. One of the recommendations was that provincial elector lists be used for federal purposes . ref name established This led to the establishment of a working group in 1995, which in March 1996 submitted the report The Register of Electors Project A Report on Research and feasibility to the chief electoral officer of Elections Canada. ref Cite web url http aceproject.org ero en topics voter registration vry can1.pdf format PDF title The Register of Electors Project A Report on Research and feasibility author Register of Electors Project Team publisher location Ottawa month March year 1996 accessdate 2011 03 27 ref That report recommended the creation of the National Register of Electors , which was established ... more details
The Commission may refer to The Commission mafia , the governing body of the Mafia in the United States Sicilian Mafia Commission , governing body of the Mafia in Italy European Commission , the executive branch of the European Union The Commission album The Commission album , a 1998 album by Lil Keke The Commission hip hop , an American hip hop group of the mid 1990s disambig ... more details
wiktionary commission commissioning Commission may refer to Commission remuneration , a form of payment to an agent for services rendered Commission document , a document given to commissioned officers. Commissioning, a process or service provided to validate the completeness and accuracy of a project or venture Project commissioning , the process of assuring that all systems and components of a building or industrial plant are designed, installed, tested, operated, and maintained according to the operational requirements of the owner or final client Building commissioning , a quality assurance process during and following building construction Ship commissioning , placing a warship in active military duty Commissioned officer , who derives authority directly from a sovereign power Contrast with Non commissioned officers Statutory commission, a government authority created by statutes of the legislature such as Statutory authority Independent agencies of the United States government Regulatory agency Public benefit corporation Constitutional Commission , a body reviewing or writing a constitution European Commission , the executive body of the European Union Presidential Commission United States , a high level research group Royal Commission , a public inquiry Irish Land Commission , a body designed to fix rents in Ireland U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission , a US body enforcing and regulating the securities industry Great Commission , a tenet of Christian theology given by Jesus to spread his teachings The Commission mafia , the governing body of the mafia in the United States Commission art , the purchase of the creation of a piece of art most often on behalf of another Commissioned gospel group Commission may also be used for Letters patent , an open letter issued ... to non governmental groups such as the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics A type of contract ... de Kommission fr Commission id Komisi ru fi Komissio sv Kommission ur Commission ... more details
The Or Commission lang he full name 2000, was a panel of inquiry appointed by the Israeli government to investigate the events of October 2000 events October 2000 at the beginning of the Second Intifada in which 12 Arab citizens of Israel and one Palestinian people Palestinian were killed by Israeli police amidst several demonstrations. One Israeli Jews Israeli Jew was killed by a stone dropped from a bridge .... ref hebrew http elyon1.court.gov.il heb veadot or inside3.htm i ref The commission released its ... High Court. Main conclusions of the Or Commission Police responsibility The governmental body ... to disperse the protesting and rioting citizens. Eight policemen were reprimanded by the commission ... the force due to the conclusions. Official responsibility As the Commission s mandate was one of inquiry ... Security Ministry, Prof. Shlomo Ben Ami . The commission recommended that he be removed ... pages ShArt.jhtml?itemNo 335594 title Official summary of the Or Commission report publisher Haaretz accessdate 2007 10 05 ref Background to the demonstrations The Or Commission found that Arab citizens ... and equal attention to the needs of Arab citizens of Israel. The commission found that frustration ... hasen pages ShArt.jhtml?itemNo 335594 title Official summary of the Or Commission report publisher Haaretz accessdate 2007 10 05 ref Reception The commission s report was highly controversial ... www.adalah.org eng commission.php Adalah reports on the Or Commission findings ref the Arab Association ... indictments in Oct. 2000 riots, Haaretz 13 10 2006 ref At the same time, the Or Commission s statements ... of Israel Adalah and Mossawa commended the Or Commission for this admission. One year after the release of the commission report, Theodore Or publicly attacked the Politics of Israel government ... http www.haaretz.com hasen pages ShArt.jhtml?itemNo 335594 Official summary of the Or Commission ... more details
A redistricting commission is a body designated to draw electoral district lines. Usually the intent is to avoid gerrymandering by specifying a nonpartisan or bipartisan body to comprise the commission. However, some of these commissions, much like some state boards of election , are set up to give the majority party more seats on the commission see e.g. the New Jersey Redistricting Commission . The Campaign Legal Center reports that eleven 11 states currently utilize non partisan or bi partisan redistricting commissions composed of non office holding citizens. http www.campaignlegalcenter.org redistricting 226.html The states include Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey Redistricting Commission New Jersey , and Washington. http www.campaignlegalcenter.org redistricting 226.html The Campaign Legal Center also reports that Arkansas and Ohio Apportionment Board Ohio use redistricting commissions that are composed entirely of elected officials. http www.campaignlegalcenter.org redistricting 226.html In 2008 California voters approved Proposition 11 http ballotpedia.org wiki index.php California Proposition 11 2008 amending the state s constitution creating a bi partisan Citizens Redistricting Commission composed of non office holding citizens. http ballotpedia.org wiki index.php California Proposition 11 2008 Efforts to establish a redistricting commission in Virginia have so far failed. election stub Category Redistricting commissions ... more details
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