EVCIElection Voter-Confidence Index

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Article 88.º addresses definitional and procedural rules for classifying blank and invalid votes during ballot counting. It specifies technical requirements for ballot marking validity and vote nullification standards. This section contains no provision establishing or requiring a statutory voter pamphlet, candidate information publication, ballot-question information distribution, or any ballot-information content requirements. The criterion requires statutory codification of voter-information-pamphlet publication with enumerated content and distribution rules. The present section is limited to vote validity classification and does not address voter communication, voter education materials, candidate information dissemination, or ballot-information content frameworks.

No matching sections in corpus.

This section establishes a codified statutory framework for public accessibility of candidate filings. It requires: (1) definitively admitted candidacies to be immediately posted at the court door, (2) copies sent to specified government authorities, (3) municipal chambers to publish them via posted notices (editais) within two days at municipal chambers, parish councils, embassies, consulates and consular posts, and (4) republication on election day at polling stations. The statute specifies binding timing ('imediatamente,' 'no prazo de dois dias') and enumerated locations for public display, establishing clear procedural rules for accessibility of candidate-filing information to the public.

“As candidaturas definitivamente admitidas são imediatamente afixadas à porta do tribunal e enviadas, por cópia, ao director-geral da Administração Interna ou, nas Regiões Autónomas, ao Representante da República, e às câmaras municipais, que as publicam, no prazo de dois dias, por editais afixados à porta de todas as câmaras municipais e juntas de freguesia, bem como às embaixadas, consulados e postos consulares.”

Article 38.º establishes that candidate substitutions and certain list decisions trigger republication (nova publicação) of candidate lists. This partially addresses the criterion by codifying a publication procedure when candidate changes occur. However, the statute does not explicitly specify the timing of this republication, the scope of notice distribution, accessibility requirements, or how 'nova publicação' is implemented procedurally (format, venue, audience reach). The provision addresses that publication must occur but lacks the procedural detail (timing, medium, audience) that would constitute full statutory codification of a public-notice procedure. The criterion asks whether the public-notice PROCEDURE is codified; this statute only mandates that notice occur without detailing the procedure itself.

“Em caso de substituição de candidatos ou de anulação de decisão de rejeição de qualquer lista, procede-se a nova publicação das respectivas listas.”

Article 106.º-B establishes a statutory requirement for pre-election notice with defined timing (15 days before election) and specified content (day and hour of polling and vote-counting assemblies for overseas voters). However, it applies only to overseas voters and focuses narrowly on the timing and location of vote-counting assemblies rather than general voter notification about election date, polling places, or registration deadlines for the broader electorate. The statute does codify notification rules and timing for a specific voter segment, but does not comprehensively address the full scope of pre-election voter notification (date, polling place, registration deadline) across all voters as contemplated by NOTIF.1.

“Até 15 dias antes da eleição, a Comissão Nacional de Eleições, por edital afixado e divulgado no seu sítio da Internet, anuncia o dia e hora em que reúnem as assembleias de recolha e contagem de votos dos eleitores residentes no estrangeiro.”

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Article 113-B addresses the maintenance of voting assemblies (polling places) and their composition for a second ballot/runoff election. The provision explicitly states that polling place constitution and meeting location SHALL BE MAINTAINED ('manter-se-ão') between the first and second rounds. This indicates polling places do not change between elections under this statute. The criterion asks whether there is a statutory requirement to NOTIFY voters IF polling places change. Since the law mandates polling places remain the same, there is no triggering circumstance for a change-notification requirement. The section does not establish procedural rules for notifying voters of polling-place changes because such changes are statutorily prohibited. Therefore, the section does not satisfy the notification criterion.