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Election Obligations & Standards Database

Issue

Recruitment of Electoral Management Body Staff


Election Parts

  • Election Management

Criteria

  • The appointment to and membership of the electoral management body were regulated by law
  • The recruitment and appointment of electoral management body staff were transparent, efficient, and equitable and instilled public confidence in the body
Summaries
  • Everyone has the right of equal access to any place or service intended for public use.
  • Everyone should have access, free from discrimination, to the public service of the country.
  • States must take measures to prevent corruption.
  • States must ensure transparency, efficiency, and equity in the recruitment of officials.
  • Recruitment of election authority staff that is transparent, efficient, and equitable should instill public confidence in the body.
  • The bodies appointing members of electoral commissions must not be free to dismiss them at will.
  • Election management body personnel should receive adequate training to fulfill their function impartially.
  • Sufficient funding and resources should be provided for the conduct of the electoral process, free from interference from any other electoral stakeholders.
  • States should take steps to institutionalize good governance through accountable, efficient, and effective public administration.
  • Laws regulating the membership of electoral commissions should be enshrined in the constitution or at another level above ordinary law.
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Election Obligations & Standards Database

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