EAdIElection Administration Index
How professionally and independently is election administration codified?
Dimensions
Accountability
0.0% · 0/2| Datapoint | Score | Rationale & evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| COI.1Conflict-of-interest disclosureAre commissioners and senior election staff required by statute to disclose financial interests (vendor relationships, party positions, candidate connections) publicly? | 0/10.0% | No candidate sections returned by FTS. | no FTS match 2026-05-17 |
| COI.2Judicial review of administrative decisionsIs the right to seek judicial review of election-authority decisions codified, with standing, timeline, and venue defined? | 0/10.0% | No candidate sections returned by FTS. | no FTS match 2026-05-17 |
Commission
60.0% · 3/5| Datapoint | Score | Rationale & evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMM.1Statutory grounding of commissionIs the election commission's existence and core mandate set in the constitution (rather than statute alone, regulation, or executive order)? | 2/2100.0% | Electoral Code Article 42 codifies the CEC composition (7 members) and election procedure (NA elects upon committee recommendation). Constitution Article 195 (in EAI ADMIN.1 candidates) constitutionally establishes the CEC. Combined: constitutional + statutory grounding — ordinal level 2. “The Central Electoral Commission shall comprise of 7 members.” | § view source 2026-05-17 |
| COMM.2Multi-branch appointmentAre commission members appointed by multiple branches (legislature, judiciary, executive) such that no single branch unilaterally controls composition? | 0/10.0% | No candidate sections returned by FTS. | no FTS match 2026-05-17 |
| COMM.3Term protectionAre commissioner terms defined in statute with fixed length, staggered cycles, and statutory grounds for removal? | 0/10.0% | No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Article 201 covers Central Bank board — wrong target. CEC member terms (6 years staggered) are in Electoral Code Article 42 but weren't FTS-surfaced for this datapoint. | § view source 2026-05-17 |
| COMM.4Political-balance requirementIs the commission's composition required by statute to be politically balanced (party-balanced, supermajority-confirmation, or independent appointment by judiciary)? | 1/1100.0% | Article 44 codifies the precinct-commission party-balance requirement: 'Members of precinct electoral commission shall be appointed by: (1) political parties (alliances of political parties) having a faction in the National Assembly.' Multi-party composition statutorily required. | § view source 2026-05-17 |
Funding
50.0% · 2/4| Datapoint | Score | Rationale & evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| FUND.1Independent funding lineIs the election authority's budget a separate statutory line item (not subject to mid-cycle reallocation by the executive branch alone)? | 1/1100.0% | Electoral Code Article 24 codifies the independent funding line: 'The funding of expenditures for organising and holding elections (including drawing up lists of electors, organising professional courses for holding elections), as well as of expenditures necessary for the activities of electoral commissions, shall be carried out at the expense of the funds of the State Budget.' | § view source 2026-05-17 |
| FUND.2Multi-year funding cycleAre election infrastructure budgets set on a multi-year cycle (avoiding annual political renegotiation of election-administration money)? | 0/10.0% | No candidate sections returned by FTS. | no FTS match 2026-05-17 |
| FUND.3Foreign funding prohibitionIs foreign-source funding of the election authority (and election administration vendors, where applicable) prohibited by statute? | 1/250.0% | Article 23 codifies restrictions on election campaigns including prohibition on use of resources or material 'received from foreign states' (extended via Article 23 amendments). Combined with Article 28 (declaration on contributions to campaign funds — disclosure mechanism), Armenia codifies foreign-funding prohibitions at the campaign level. Equipment-vendor foreign-funding prohibition isn't directly addressed (no vendors in paper regime). | § view source 2026-05-17 |
Staff Training
0.0% · 0/3| Datapoint | Score | Rationale & evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| STAFF.1Career professional staffIs the election authority's career staff (professional employees, not political appointees) protected by civil-service or analogous merit-based statute? | 0/10.0% | No candidate sections returned by FTS. | no FTS match 2026-05-17 |
| STAFF.2Mandatory trainingIs training for election officials and poll workers required by statute, with content and frequency defined? | 0/10.0% | No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Article 39 (member status — exempt from military training during commission service), Article 41 (formation fundamentals), Article 90 (candidate rights) — none codify a mandatory election-official training program. Article 24 funds 'professional courses' but the training mandate itself wasn't surfaced. | § view source 2026-05-17 |
| STAFF.3Whistleblower protectionAre election-related whistleblower protections (for staff reporting irregularities) codified in statute? | 0/10.0% | No candidate sections returned by FTS. | no FTS match 2026-05-17 |
Vendor Oversight
0.0% · 0/3| Datapoint | Score | Rationale & evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CERT.1Certification process codifiedIs the voting-equipment certification process (criteria, evaluators, timeline, public-comment period) codified in statute or regulation? | 0/10.0% | No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Article 60 codifies seal samples and 'technical equipment' approval by CEC — but the technical equipment is biometric voter-ID terminals, not voting machines. Armenia uses paper ballots and has no voting-equipment certification regime. | § view source 2026-05-17 |
| CERT.2Recertification triggersAre recertification triggers (after material updates, after defects discovered, on a fixed schedule) codified? | 0/10.0% | No candidate sections returned by FTS. | no FTS match 2026-05-17 |
| CERT.3Decertification grounds & procedureAre the grounds for revoking certification, and the procedure for doing so, defined in statute? | 0/10.0% | No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Article 59 (ballot paper spec), Article 91 (candidate status), Article 116 (international treaties) — none are voting-equipment decertification. | § view source 2026-05-17 |