Multi-year funding cycle

This section establishes a statutorily-grounded, multi-year funding mechanism that removes election administration funding from annual political renegotiation. The compensation rate is indexed automatically to inflation (the consumer price index) on a yearly basis, with threshold safeguards, and municipalities receive federal reimbursement on a formula-driven, non-discretionary basis. This satisfies FUND.2 because the funding cycle is set by statute, operates on a predetermined escalator mechanism, and shields election costs from in-cycle political reallocation.

“Der in Abs. 1 festgesetzte Vergütungssatz vermindert oder erhöht sich, beginnend mit dem 1. Jänner 2025, jährlich in dem Maß, das sich aus der Veränderung des von der Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich verlautbarten Verbraucherpreisindex 2020”

Finance Law Article 28 codifies the annual funding cycle: political subjects with parliamentary representation and registered parties must submit annual financial reports to the Agency by April 30 each year, with mandatory licensed auditor opinion. Article 22 (4651) reinforces an annual contribution-ceiling framework anchored on calendar-year limits. Article 19 (4648) requires year-over-year use of public-source financing for regular operations.

“дужни су да подносе Агенцији годишњи извештај о финансирању политичког субјекта”

Ν. 3023/2002 Άρθρο 4 codifies multi-year (annual + election-year supplementary) funding cycle for political parties' research foundations. Cyclical state appropriation codified but party-targeted.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section contains legislative findings regarding congressional redistricting principles and community-of-interest definitions. It does not address election administration funding mechanisms, budget cycles, or fiscal independence for election infrastructure. The section is entirely about redistricting policy, not election administration governance or funding structures.

No matching sections in corpus.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Article 6 establishes that the Permanent Political Party Fund is administered by the Ministry of Interior and is funded by annual appropriations from the National Budget Law ('anualmente'). The statute explicitly ties funding to annual budget cycles subject to political renegotiation each year, rather than establishing a multi-year, protected funding mechanism. This structure fails FUND.2 because election infrastructure money remains vulnerable to annual legislative revision.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Section 16-206 addresses election day designation and employee voting rights, not election infrastructure budgeting or multi-year funding cycles. It contains no provisions regarding budget authority, appropriations, or funding mechanisms for election administration.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section prescribes the procedural form and signature requirements for referendum petitions submitted to state and local election officials. It contains no provisions regarding election administration budgets, multi-year funding cycles, or financial appropriations for election infrastructure. The criterion FUND.2 addresses institutional funding structure; this section addresses only the mechanics of direct-democracy petition validation.

No candidate sections returned by FTS.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Section 306 addresses disclosure of political donations to elected officials; it contains no provisions establishing, structuring, or protecting election infrastructure budgets or funding cycles. The section is purely about donation transparency and reporting requirements, not budgetary allocation or multi-year funding mechanisms for election administration.

No candidate sections returned by FTS.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Article 38 of the Belgian Electoral Code addresses cost allocation in judicial proceedings (dépens/litigation costs), not election administration budgeting or funding cycles. It contains no statutory framework for multi-year election infrastructure funding, budget cycles, or protection from annual political appropriation disputes. The section is legally inapplicable to FUND.2.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Article 215 of the Brazilian Constitution addresses cultural rights and the National Plan of Culture. It contains no provisions whatsoever regarding election administration, electoral infrastructure, budget cycles, or electoral funding. This section is entirely outside the domain of election administration governance and therefore cannot satisfy FUND.2, which requires multi-year funding cycles for election infrastructure.

No matching sections in corpus (FTS returned 0 candidates) — concept not codified in this jurisdiction's election statute.

No candidate sections returned by FTS.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: § CEA s. 476.92 addresses the disposition of surplus nomination campaign funds by individual contestants, not the budgeting or funding structure for election infrastructure or administration. It contains no provisions regarding multi-year funding cycles for election administration, budget-setting mechanisms, or protection from annual political renegotiation of election-administration resources.

No matching sections in corpus.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section addresses recall petition signature requirements for school district officers and contains no provision regarding election infrastructure budgets, multi-year funding cycles, or any aspect of election administration funding. It is entirely inapplicable to the FUND.2 criterion.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section governs school board election terms and rotation schedules, not election administration funding or budgets. It contains no provisions regarding multi-year funding cycles, budget authority, or financial independence for election infrastructure. The criterion concerns statutory protection of election-administration budgets from annual political renegotiation; this section addresses only the structure of school board member elections.

No matching sections in corpus.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section amends the Czech Administrative Code (§88-90a of Act 275/2012) to establish judicial review procedures for presidential election challenges and campaign finance violations. It does not address election infrastructure budgets, funding cycles, or multi-year appropriations. The text concerns only dispute resolution mechanisms and sanctions for campaign finance breaches, not the structural or financial foundation for election administration.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Section 7557A addresses the complaint procedure for unlawful election activity and the State Election Commissioner's authority to file suit; it contains no language regarding budgeting cycles, multi-year appropriations, or election infrastructure funding mechanisms. The section is narrowly focused on post-election dispute resolution and does not establish or reference funding structure.

No candidate sections returned by FTS.

No matching sections in corpus (FTS returned 0 candidates) — concept not codified in this jurisdiction's election statute.

No candidate sections returned by FTS.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: § 101.151 ballot specifications. Not multi-year funding cycle.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section governs campaign finance and candidate spending authorization for overseas constituencies, not election-administration infrastructure budgets. It addresses procedural rules for campaign accounts and fund transfers in countries with currency or exchange-control restrictions. It contains no provisions regarding multi-year funding cycles for election administration or protecting election-administration budgets from annual political renegotiation.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Article 28 (PEC/DEC disciplinary measures) — unrelated. Constitution Article 37 — parliamentary elections. No multi-year funding cycle codified.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: § 21-2-100 codifies training of local election officials. § 21-2-541.2 codifies local terms of office. Funding cycle is annual via state appropriation; no multi-year funding cycle codified.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: § 36 BWahlG addresses the procedural mechanics of absentee voting (mail-in ballots), including submission deadlines, sworn declarations, and postal delivery. It contains no provisions regarding election infrastructure budgets, budget cycles, or multi-year funding structures. The section is silent on the funding mechanism for election administration.

No matching sections in corpus.

No matching sections in corpus.

No matching sections in corpus.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Section 34-1803 concerns referendum petition procedures, filing deadlines, and the timing of elections on ballot measures. It contains no language addressing election-administration budgeting, funding cycles, or financial appropriations. It does not establish or reference any multi-year funding framework for election infrastructure.

No candidate sections returned by FTS.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This statute mandates annual budget preparation and submission on the same cycle as other county budgets, with no provision for multi-year appropriations or budget stability. The language explicitly requires yearly estimates and itemization, which invites annual political renegotiation of election funding rather than insulating it on a predictable multi-year basis.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Section 43.3 addresses the offices subject to primary election nomination procedures and does not contain any language regarding election infrastructure budgets, funding cycles, or financial appropriations. The section is procedurally focused on which candidates must be nominated via primary election, and therefore does not satisfy the multi-year funding cycle criterion.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Section 27 establishes a reporting requirement obligating the Commission to submit annual performance reports to the Oireachtas, but it contains no provision regarding budgeting cycles, multi-year funding mechanisms, or protection of election administration funding from annual political renegotiation. Reporting and transparency are distinct from structural funding independence.

No matching sections in corpus.

No matching sections in corpus.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: KRS 117.393 requires the State Board of Elections to submit a biennial report on the status of voting equipment and systems — a reporting cycle, not a multi-year election-infrastructure funding cycle.

No matching sections in corpus (FTS returned 0 candidates) — concept not codified in this jurisdiction's election statute.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: FTS surfaced the EP Law's purpose section; Lithuania does not codify election-infrastructure budgets on a fixed multi-year cycle — annual appropriations apply.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: La. R.S. 18:135.1 addresses the timeline for voter registration closure and requires the Secretary of State to examine feasibility and report findings to legislative committees, but contains no provisions governing election infrastructure budgets, multi-year appropriations, or funding cycles. The section is procedurally focused on legislative approval of registration deadlines and does not establish any mechanism for multi-year funding independence.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Article 88 addresses cost allocation for electoral operations among communes and the state, specifying which entity bears particular expenses (ballots, inquiry costs, polling infrastructure). It does not establish or reference a multi-year budgeting cycle for election administration; it merely allocates responsibility for discrete election-related expenditures on a per-election basis. No statutory framework for multi-year funding protection is provided.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Article 68 governs campaign finance recordkeeping and treasurer transitions during electoral campaigns—specifically the documentation and handover procedures when candidates or electoral entities change treasurers mid-campaign. It contains no provision establishing multi-year funding cycles for election administration infrastructure, budgeting procedures, or protection of election commission budgets from annual political renegotiation. The section addresses internal campaign accounting, not institutional funding structure.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Section 111 addresses voter eligibility qualifications (citizenship, age, residence, registration, enrollment). It contains no provision regarding election infrastructure budgets, multi-year funding cycles, or any funding mechanism whatsoever. This section is categorically unrelated to the FUND.2 criterion.

No matching sections in corpus.

No matching sections in corpus.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Section 153 addresses only the timing and basic mechanics of congressional election voting (biennial state elections), not election administration funding, budgets, or multi-year appropriations cycles. It contains no language governing how election infrastructure is financed or whether budgets are set on a multi-year basis. The section is silent on all funding mechanisms.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Article 70 addresses postal franchise allocations to political parties, not election infrastructure budgets or administrative funding. It establishes annual budget determination by the General Council ('el Consejo General determinará en el presupuesto anual de egresos') with differentiated percentages for electoral vs. non-electoral years, but this is a recurring annual appropriation for party privileges, not a multi-year election administration funding cycle. The section contains no reference to election infrastructure, multi-year appropriations, or insulation of election-administration budgets from annual political renegotiation.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Section establishes the state campaign fund (public financing for gubernatorial campaigns) with annual appropriation cycles ('appropriated annually from the general fund of this state ... each year in which a governor is elected'); does not establish multi-year budgeting for election administration.

No candidate sections returned by FTS.

No matching sections in corpus.

No matching sections in corpus.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section addresses campaign finance ceilings and contribution limits to electoral funds, not election administration budgets or infrastructure funding. It provides no statutory framework for multi-year funding cycles for election administration institutions or staff. The criterion requires evidence of independent, multi-year budget setting for election administration; this section concerns only the regulation of political campaign financing.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: FTS surfaced the biennial election-administrator training provision; Montana does not set election-infrastructure budgets on a codified multi-year cycle.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section governs state party conventions, candidate nominations, platform formulation, and presidential elector selection—matters of party organization and candidate procedures. It contains no provisions regarding election administration budgets, funding cycles, or infrastructure financing. The criterion FUND.2 addresses multi-year funding structures for election operations; this section does not address funding at all.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Article A 9 addresses the appointment and qualifications of persons designated by the Electoral Council (Kiesraad) to execute election tasks, and compensation rules that may be established by ministerial regulation. It contains no language establishing or governing multi-year budget cycles, budget allocation, or protection from annual political renegotiation of election-administration funds. The section is procedural and personnel-focused, not budgetary.

No matching sections in corpus.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section addresses procedures for filling vacancies in elective offices (executive councilor, state senator, state representative) and the timing of special elections. It contains no provisions regarding election infrastructure budgets, funding cycles, or multi-year appropriations for election administration. The criterion evaluates whether budgets are set on a multi-year basis to shield election administration from annual political renegotiation; this section is silent on funding structure entirely.

No matching sections in corpus.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section is purely definitional, establishing terms used in the Local Election Act (e.g., 'local election,' 'local government,' 'municipal officers'). It contains no language addressing budgeting, funding cycles, multi-year appropriations, or financial independence for election administration. Structural assessment of FUND.2 requires statutory provisions that specify how election budgets are allocated and protected; this section does not engage that topic.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: § 10-118 codifies that the state shall reimburse counties for military-voting costs. § 15-102 / § 1-104 are definitions. No multi-year funding cycle codified; election funding is appropriated annually.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section addresses the procedural mechanics of filling candidate vacancies after nomination and before election—specifically which party committee appoints the replacement nominee. It contains no language regarding election infrastructure budgets, multi-year funding cycles, appropriations mechanisms, or any aspect of how election administration is financed. It is entirely unrelated to FUND.2.

No candidate sections returned by FTS.

No candidate sections returned by FTS.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: ORC 3501.17 codifies that BOE expenses are paid from the county treasury 'in pursuance of appropriations by the board of county commissioners' — annual county appropriations, not multi-year statutory budget cycle.

No matching sections in corpus.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This constitutional section addresses only the timing of elections (first Tuesday after first Monday in November) and when elected officers assume office. It contains no provision whatsoever regarding budget cycles, funding mechanisms, or multi-year appropriations for election administration. The section is entirely procedural and temporal, not fiscal.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: § 1703 codifies recount/recanvass procedure; not the funding cycle.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Article 38 addresses political party campaign finance disclosure and reporting to the State Election Commission (PKW), not election administration infrastructure funding. It does not establish any multi-year budgeting framework for election administration itself, nor does it protect election-administration funding from annual political negotiation. The article concerns party fund reporting requirements and enforcement mechanisms, which is orthogonal to the institutional funding structure for election offices and staff.

No matching sections in corpus.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section concerns only the scheduling of primary elections (the eighth Tuesday preceding biennial state elections) and contains no provisions addressing election infrastructure budgets, multi-year funding cycles, or any funding mechanism whatsoever. It is silent on financial matters and therefore does not satisfy FUND.2.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Art. 65 codifies campaign speech rights; not multi-year budget.

No candidate sections returned by FTS.

No matching sections in corpus.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Section 7-9-10 addresses only political party certification and decertification procedures. It contains no language regarding election infrastructure budgets, funding cycles, or budgetary mechanisms of any kind. The section is entirely procedural, governing how parties apply to and maintain certification status with the State Election Commission, and does not engage with funding structure or multi-year budget cycles.

No candidate sections returned by FTS.

No matching sections in corpus.

No candidate sections returned by FTS.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section addresses voter registration purge procedures and address verification protocols. It contains no language pertaining to election infrastructure budgeting, multi-year funding cycles, or fiscal appropriations. The section is purely procedural and administrative in nature, dealing with when and how registrations are removed or placed in inactive status.

No matching sections in corpus (FTS returned 0 candidates) — concept not codified in this jurisdiction's election statute.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: FTS candidates surface party Treasury-subsidy provisions (Law 2820 Ek Madde 1), presidential term (Anayasa 101), AYM composition (Anayasa 146), district-board composition (Law 298 Madde 19), executive provisions — none codify a multi-year budget cycle for election administration.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Art. IV-285 codifies by-elections for council members. Art. IV-260 codifies number-of-seats. Funding cycle is per-election (annual appropriation) not multi-year — no multi-year funding cycle codified.

No matching sections in corpus.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: 52 USC § 10301 (VRA section 2); not multi-year budget.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section addresses Congressional redistricting and district boundaries based on census data; it contains no provisions regarding election infrastructure budgets or multi-year funding cycles. The criterion FUND.2 evaluates whether election administration funding is insulated from annual political renegotiation through multi-year appropriations or dedicated revenue streams. This statute is silent on election funding altogether.

No matching sections in corpus (FTS returned 0 candidates) — concept not codified in this jurisdiction's election statute.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section addresses the electoral cycle and term structure for county supervisors in Virginia (biennial elections with staggered four-year terms), not election administration funding or budgeting mechanisms. It contains no provisions establishing multi-year funding cycles, budget authority, or protection from annual political reallocation of election infrastructure money.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: The statute requires that primary costs be paid 'subject to available funds specifically appropriated for this purpose' and that 'reimbursements for primary costs must be from appropriations specifically provided by law.' This language grounds funding in annual or biennial appropriations cycles subject to legislative action, not in a multi-year dedicated funding mechanism that insulates election administration from annual political renegotiation. The secretary of state is directed to request funds in 'biennial budget requests,' but appropriation remains discretionary and subject to each session.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section addresses legislative vacancies and appointment procedures; it contains no provisions governing election infrastructure budgets, funding cycles, or budgetary autonomy for election administration. It is entirely outside the scope of funding mechanisms.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: § 7.22 codifies that 'The common council shall determine the salaries of the election commissioners and shall include sufficient funds in its budget' — this is annual budgeting, not a multi-year cycle.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section addresses the composition, election, and qualifications of county central committees for political parties — it concerns intraparty organizational structure, not election administration funding or budgeting cycles. It contains no provisions establishing multi-year funding frameworks, budget authority, appropriations mechanisms, or protection from annual reallocation of election administration resources.