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Election Appeal Committee.
The Minister shall appoint three members to the Election Appeal Committee. The term of
appointment to the Committee shall be six years, with the term of one member expiring every
other year. The Supreme Court of Iceland nominates the chairperson of the Committee, who
shall meet the eligibility criteria to be appointed a Supreme Court Justice. The Icelandic
Rectors’ Conference nominates one Committee member, who shall hold a university degree
entitling the person to hold public office or a master’s degree in law and have experience in
the conduct of elections. The Icelandic Association of Local Authorities nominates one
Committee member, who shall have experience in the conduct of elections. Alternate
members shall be appointed in the same manner.
The following decisions may be appealed to the Committee:
1. Denials by Registers Iceland to add a voter to the electoral register, cf. paragraph 3 of
Article 4, and to make corrections to the electoral register under Article 32, cf. Article 33.
2. Decisions by the National Electoral Commission and a senior electoral commission of a
municipality on the validity of candidate lists and related matters, cf. Articles 45 and 46.
3. Decisions by senior electoral commissions concerning candidates’ eligibility to stand for
election in municipal elections, cf. Article 48.
4. Decisions by the National Electoral Commission regarding the validity of a candidacy in a
presidential election, cf. paragraph 2 of Article 50.
5. Complaints of illegitimacy of municipal elections, cf. Article 128.
6. Complaints of illegitimacy of presidential elections and referendums, cf. Article 129.
7. Complaints of illegitimacy of residents’ elections held on the basis of the Local Authorities
Act.
8. Decisions taken by the National Electoral Commission under other legislation.
Deadlines to lodge complaints against individual decisions are governed by the provisions
of this Act.
A decision by a party to a case to appeal government decisions under paragraph 2 to a court
of law does not suspend the legal effect of such decisions.
Rulings by the Election Appeal Committee are not appealable to another government
authority.