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	ELECTORAL COMMISSION - LoveToKnow Article on ELECTORAL COMMISSION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The manner of selecting the electors is left to state law; the electoral ballots are sent to the president of the Senate, who shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all certificates, and the votes shall then be counted.
		Hence it was that by an act of the 29th of January 1877, Congress created the Electoral Commission to pass upon the, contested returns, giving it the same powers, if any possessed by itself in the premises, the decisions to stand unless rejected by the two houses separately.
		The commission was composed of five Democratic and five Republican Congressmen, two justices of the Supreme Court of either party, and a fifth justice chosen by these four.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /E/EL/ELECTORAL_COMMISSION.htm (1074 words)

	Australian Electoral Commission - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Australian Electoral Commission, or the AEC, is the federal government agency in charge of organising and supervising federal elections.
		The AEC is answerable to the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters of the Parliament of Australia, and must report on how elections were carried out and the success of the elections in general.
		The AEC also plays a major role in electoral education, aiming to educate citizens about the electoral process by which representitives are elected, and by which the constitution is changed (referendums).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Australian_Electoral_Commission (401 words)

	Implementation Mechanism: Electoral Commission (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Malawi offers an extremely positive example of an electoral commission in a new democracy that, by an effective show of independence, was able to ensure that the different political parties and candidates received a fairer share of coverage from the government-controlled broadcaster.
		Using the electoral supervisory body may be a preferable option in a small country where a plethora of overlapping institutions is not an attractive or cost-effective choice.
		In Barbados, for example, it is the Electoral and Boundaries Commission, the body with overall responsibility for the election, that is also responsible for regulating media coverage.
	www.aceproject.org /main/english/me/mec03a04.htm (346 words)

	Preliminary Report on Electoral Reform Commission
		The Commission should be referred to as the Vancouver Electoral Reform Commission, to avoid confusion with the Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform, the newly-constituted Provincial body that is examining electoral reform issues at the provincial level.
		The Commission will consider urging some of the schools, as an exercise in civics, to have senior classes make submissions on the issues, and will be looking for other opportunities to outreach to youth in the course of the project.
		It is the understanding of the Commission that, although it is not referred to in the Council's resolutions, the Final Report may recommend a referendum on electoral reform if it considers this appropriate.
	www.city.vancouver.bc.ca /ctyclerk/cclerk/20031118/rr2.htm (2751 words)

	Kenyaweb::Kenyan Politics & Government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Electoral Commission of Kenya derives its powers to conduct and supervise elections from the Constitution of Kenya.
		The Chairman and the Vice-chairman of the Commission shall be persons who have held or are qualified to hold office of judge of the High Court or judge of appeal under this Constitution.
		To ensure the independence of the Commission, the Constitution states - and this has been its position since 1963 as has been demonstrated - that the Commission in its operations shall not be under the direction of any person or authority.
	www.kenyaweb.com /politics/electoral.html (940 words)

	Western Australian Electoral Commission
		Electoral Enrolment Forms for first time enrolment or change of name and/or address are available on this website or from this Commission, Post Offices and Australian Electoral Commission offices.
		Electors in remote areas or in certain special circumstances (eg.
		Commission offices and all election facilities will be clearly signposted, including opening and closing times.
	www.waec.wa.gov.au (829 words)

	ELECTORAL BOUNDARIES COMMISSION ACT
		4 (1) The commission member who is a retired judge appointed under section 2 (1) (a) and the commission member who is appointed under section 2 (1) (b) may be paid remuneration for his or her services on the commission in an amount prescribed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council.
		(2) The commission members, while absent from their ordinary place of residence and in the course of their duties as commission members, must be paid their reasonable travelling and living expenses at the rates the Lieutenant Governor in Council may prescribe.
		(5) To assist the committee in preparing its report, the chief electoral officer and any public officers required by the chief electoral officer must, on the request of the chair of the committee, assist the committee in the manner requested by the chair.
	www.qp.gov.bc.ca /statreg/stat/E/96107_01.htm (1357 words)

	National Electoral Commission Act, 2002 - Sierra Leone Web
		(1) Pursuant to subsection (8) of section 32 of the Constitution, a member of the National Electoral Commission may be removed from office by the President for inability to discharge the functions of his office, whether arising from the infirmity of mind or body or any other cause, or for misbehaviour.
		The object for which the Commission is established is the performance of the functions prescribed in section 33 of the Constitution and in any other law.
		The Commission may for the purposes of its functions, by statutory instrument, make regulations not inconsistent with any law enacted for the registration of voters, the conduct and supervision of presidential, parliamentary or local government elections or for the holding of referenda.
	www.sierra-leone.org /NECAct2002.html (824 words)

	ACT Electoral Commission - Enrolment FAQs
		An elector may be removed from the roll where a registered medical practitioner has certified in writing that the person is incapable of understanding the nature and significance of enrolment and voting because of unsound mind.
		The rolls for the electorates of Brindabella, Ginninderra and Molonglo are available for public inspection at the office of the ACT Electoral Commission.
		Rolls cannot be purchased from the Australian Electoral Commission or the ACT Electoral Commission.
	www.elections.act.gov.au /EnrolFAQ.html (1939 words)

	Electoral Commission Appointments - Green Party
		Their report stated: “The commission again submits that it is not appropriate for the commission as an independent body to have membership of this nature when it carries out any of its statutory functions.
		The Electoral Commission in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, South Africa are all free of political party representatives, and we should be, too.
		No matter how fair the members of the commission, and I do not just mean the party reps, I mean all the commissioners, try to be, no matter how wise they are and no matter how comprehensive their criteria, they simply cannot accurately second guess how parties will perform at this year’s election.
	www.greens.org.nz /searchdocs/speech8387.html (1292 words)

	The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Bill: Zimbabwe’s Electoral Commission Bill
		The impartiality and independence of the Commission is undermined by provisions for the intervention of the Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs or any other Minister to whom the President may assign the administration of the proposed Bill.
		Moreover, the Commission is empowered to require any “person”, other than a political party, providing or proposing to provide voter education, to furnish it with voter education materials; names, addresses, citizenship or residence status and individuals’ qualifications; and funding sources.
		The new Electoral Commission, which has no direct constitutional authority, is also responsible for the conduct of all elections and referendums and for the registration of voters.
	www.hrw.org /backgrounder/africa/zimbabwe/2004/11/6.htm (1226 words)

	Electoral Commission -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Hendricks, Thomas A. Longtime Democratic party politician Thomas A. Hendricks held a variety of positions both in his home state of Indiana and at the national level during his career, and he was selected as the running mate for Grover Cleveland in the 1884 presidential election.
		An electoral commission ruled that Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was the winner—with his running mate, William Almon Wheeler, becoming the nation's 19th vice-president.
		Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Armenia
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9032265?tocId=9032265 (752 words)

	Australian Electoral Commission (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The AEC seeks to provide the Australian people with an independent electoral service which meets their needs, encourages them to understand and participate in the electoral process, and to enhance free and fair electoral processes throughout the world.
		In January 2002, the Electoral Council of Australia, which comprises the AEC and heads of all the State and Territory electoral authorities, will undertake an evaluation of the effectiveness of Continuous Roll Update activities.
		The Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters is expected to continue its practice of conducting a major enquiry into all aspects of the conduct of this electoral event.
	www.dofa.gov.au /Publications/PortfolioBudgetStatements/australian_electoral_commissio.htm (1401 words)

	The Proposed Electoral Commission (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Electoral Commission (EC) is very important and should be appointed by Parliament.
		Members of the commission [may be 9] should be nominated by both the legislature [in our federal model, the two houses] and the executive.
		The Electoral Commission should be appointed on contract for a number of years that would not necessarily coincide with the general elections.
	www.federo.com /Pages/proposed_electoral_commission.htm (805 words)

	Electoral System (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The electoral rolls prepared and published on 7th October,1995 were updated in accordance with the provisions of the relevant law for use in the Parliament election held on 12th June, 19096 and the by-elections held subsequently.
		Subject to the superintendence, direction and control of the Commission, the Returning Officer supervises all works within his jurisdiction in the district in connection with the conduct of election and also performs such other duties as may be entrusted to him by the Commission.
		The Commission may make such alterations in the said list of polling stations as it may consider necessary and is required, at least fifteen days before the polling day, to publish in the official Gazette the final list of Polling stations specifying the area the electors will be entitled to vote at each polling station.
	www.bangladeshgov.org /ecs (8512 words)

	Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission Interim Report
		Therefore, the total Alberta population to be used by the Commission in recommending the boundaries of electoral divisions is 2,983,919.
		The significant factor for this Commission is that Calgary (21 electoral divisions) increased by 168,071 (39% of the total growth).
		If one considers the electoral divisions within and adjacent to the two major cities as representing the "metropolitan community", nearly 66% of the population resided in the Calgary and Edmonton metropolitan electoral divisions.
	www.altaebc.ab.ca /interimreport.html (3728 words)

	The Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq
		Unknown sources in the Independent Electoral Commission in Iraq (ICEI), said that the reasons for delay of counting and sorting process which supposed to start last night Jan 31, 2005; is due to the delay in arrival of the counting forms to the Independent Electoral Commission in Iraq (ICEI) headquarter in Baghdad.
		The polling centers are been administrated by the thousands of the independent Electoral Commission of Iraq” IECI” open its doors to the Iraqis in order to cast their ballots in the first democratic and transparent elections since 50 years.
		Also, the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) has made sacrifices through its staffs that died on their lines of duties, and the members of Commissioners are extended their thanks and sincere appreciations to their families, according the Dr. Ayar and Mrs Al-Husseini.
	www.ieciraq.org /English/news_media_electionDayEnglish.php (1581 words)

	U.S. Senate: Art & History Home > The Electoral Commission
		Finally, on January 29, 1877, Congress created a special Electoral Commission to review the four states’ ballots and to determine the final outcome of the election.
		The commission was composed of 15 members drawn evenly from both parties among the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the Supreme Court of the United States, together with a single independent justice to ensure partisan balance.
		The historic event of The Florida Case Before The Electoral Commission is depicted in an oil painting by Cornelia Adèle Strong Fassett.
	www.senate.gov /artandhistory/art/common/generic/Florida_Case_Before_history.htm (528 words)

	Electoral Commission Of Serb District Resigns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He said the unanimous decision had been made because doubt had been cast on the total result, and the records of the Federal Electoral Commission had not been compared with those of other parties participating in the elections, which could have helped "remove doubts" about the outcome.
		The Federal Electoral Commission acknowledges that Kostunica won, but says he scored only 48 percent, necessitating a run-off this Sunday against the incumbent president, Slobodan Milosevic.
		Under the law, members of the electoral commission should come from all political parties participating in the elections - both the ruling parties and the opposition.
	www.balkanpeace.org /hed/archive/oct00/hed696.shtml (312 words)

	Karume names electoral commission (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		NAIROBI, 8 Oct 2002 (IRIN) - Zanzibari President Amani Abeid Karume's recent nominations for the new electoral commission have been met with approval by the main opposition party, but there are still concerns over elements of the electoral bill and the general pace of the implementation of the Muafaka (agreement).
		The formation of the new Zanzibar Electoral Commission (ZEC) was required as part of the political agreement signed between the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) and the opposition Civic United Front (CUF) following post-election violence on Zanzibar last year.
		"This would mean that we might have impartiality in the higher echelons [of the electoral commission], but on the ground, at the local level, this would not be the case," he said.
	www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=30298 (570 words)

	Electoral Commission has disabled voters in sights (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He noted that the Commission is looking at ways to develop special ballot papers for future elections to fit the special needs of people with disabilities.
		They also demanded that the Electoral Commission explain why only two people with disabilities were recruited in the current general registration of voters.
		They want the electoral body to compel political parties to ensure that their campaigns are accessible to all electorates, including the deaf.
	www.namibian.com.na /2003/august/national/03EDF15716.html (457 words)

	Opposition demand independent electoral commission (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Setting out their own calendar of events required before holding a national poll, UNITA and seven other parties insisted that it was still possible to hold a ballot next year, earlier than the September 2006 election date favoured by the ruling MPLA party.
		Adding that the independent commission should include representatives from all parties, as well as civil society and the church, Costa Junior said such an independent body was "absolutely central" to a transparent, free and fair electoral process.
		The opposition parties will present their calendar to the government at the end of this month, in which they recommend creating an electoral legislative package within four months and forming an independent electoral commission within five months.
	www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=42997 (513 words)

	The Electoral Commission (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He needed just one more electoral vote to win and there were twenty still to give.
		This commission was made up of seven democrats, seven republicans, and one nuetral member.
		After traveling to the states in question, the commission decided that all the votes should go to Rutherford Hayes and sent their decision to congress.
	pages.prodigy.net /ohio1972/n1epg2.htm (212 words)

	Welcome to the Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission Official Website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The population in the existing electoral divisions ranges from 20,752 in Athabasca-Wabasca to 82,516 in Calgary-Shaw.
		The Electoral Boundaries Commission Act allows up to four electoral divisions to exceed that range in cases where sparse population is spread over large areas.
		You can give advice and suggestions to the Commission by attending one of the public hearings, which will be held across the province in late May and June, or send your thoughts in writing.
	www.altaebc.ab.ca /welcome.html (337 words)

	Electoral Commission - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The term Electoral Commission or Election Commission usually refers to a committee dedicated to electoral politics.
		A committee used to resolve election dispute in the United States, applied to resolve the 1876 presidential election.
		This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Electoral_Commission (127 words)

	About My Vote (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Between August and October, an electoral registration form will be delivered to your home.
		When you receive it, you need to make sure your details are correct and send it back to your electoral registration office as soon as possible.
		The new electoral register is published on 1 December.
	www.aboutmyvote.co.uk (140 words)

	Viewpoint (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He was speaking at the Electoral Commission headquarters in Port Moresby after a preliminary meeting with a team of election experts from New Zealand on Sunday
		TI sits on the commission’s National Limited Preferential Voting (LPV) Advisory Committee and Mr Trawen, the Electoral Commissioner, is the chairman.
		Mr Trawen said the Electoral Commission did not initiate the integrity audit because of dishonest voting in the Anglimp-South Wahgi and Chimbu National Parliament LPV by-elections in the Highlands earlier this year.
	www.postcourier.com.pg /20041005/news03.htm (318 words)

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