EAdIElection Administration Index

No matching sections in corpus.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section concerns only the disqualification criteria for judges constituting an election court in England and Wales—specifically, modifying the residential qualification for court membership. It does not establish, codify, or define any right to seek judicial review of election-authority decisions, nor does it address standing, timeline, or venue for such review. The section is procedurally limited to court composition and does not satisfy COI.2.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: The Electoral Commission is grounded in statute (PPERA 2000), not in the UK Constitution. While the statutory grounding is clear and codified, the criterion specifically requires constitutional grounding to score 2. The UK has no written constitution; grounding in primary legislation (statute) satisfies a score of 1.

The Speaker's Committee achieves appointment diversity within the legislative branch (Speaker appoints five members under s.2(4); PM appoints two members under s.2(3) and 2A), preventing unilateral control within Parliament. However, all members are drawn exclusively from the House of Commons and the executive branch answerable to Parliament—no judicial branch participation and no truly independent external appointments. The multi-branch test (legislature, judiciary, executive) is satisfied only within Westminster's parliamentary structure, not across separation-of-power institutions. The institutional shield against single-party capture exists at the legislative level but depends on maintaining parliamentary conventions rather than structural independence from executive pressure.

The statute establishes fixed statutory terms ('the period specified in relation to him in the address pursuant to which he is appointed') and provides detailed statutory grounds for removal—including failure to discharge functions for 3+ months, breach of appointment terms, criminal conviction, insolvency, unfitness, and removal by parliamentary Address following Speaker's Committee scrutiny. This is statutory term protection with defined grounds, satisfying COMM.3's requirement for fixed-length terms and statutory removal provisions.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Section 23 of PPERA 2000 addresses the maintenance of political party registers by the Electoral Commission and administrative procedures for registration. It contains no provisions whatsoever regarding the composition of the Commission itself, the appointment of commissioners, the terms of commissioners, or any requirement that the Commission be politically balanced. The section is purely procedural and administrative regarding party registration, not structural regarding commission governance.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Section 30 of EAA 2006 addresses only ballot paper forms and design specifications. It contains no provision regarding election authority funding, budget structure, or protection against mid-cycle reallocation. The section does not touch on the statutory framework for independent funding lines.

No matching sections in corpus.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section regulates disclosure and documentation requirements for Irish donations to political parties under PPERA 2000, not restrictions on foreign funding of election authorities or election administration. It addresses party finance transparency, not institutional funding safeguards for the Electoral Commission or other election administration bodies. No statutory prohibition on foreign-source funding of election authorities is articulated in this text.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section addresses the procedural delegation of writs to acting returning officers in English and Welsh constituencies. It contains no provision regarding career staff protections, civil-service merit standards, or employment safeguards. The text is entirely procedural and structural regarding writ conveyance, not personnel or staffing governance.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Section RPA 1983 s. 36A establishes Welsh Ministers' authority to make rules for conducting local elections in Wales, specifying ballot requirements and voting systems, but contains no reference to voting-equipment certification, evaluator qualification, certification criteria, timelines, or public-comment procedures. The section addresses electoral conduct rules, not vendor or equipment oversight.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section addresses voter application attestation and proxy/postal voting procedures under the Representation of the People Act 1983. It does not codify recertification triggers for election administration systems, equipment, or vendors. The criterion CERT.2 requires statutory specification of when vendors or systems must be recertified after material updates, discovered defects, or on fixed schedules. This section contains no such provision.

The section establishes a statutory right to revoke accreditation and requires written reasons (subsection 6), satisfying procedural transparency. However, the statute provides no definition of grounds for revocation—subsection 5 grants the Commission unfettered discretion ('at any time') without specifying what misconduct, violations, or other criteria trigger decertification. This leaves the substantive basis for revocation to administrative discretion rather than statutory definition.

“The Commission may at any time revoke the grant of an application under subsection (1).”