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 matching sections in corpus (FTS returned 0 candidates) — concept not codified in this jurisdiction's election statute. | no FTS match 2026-05-12 |
| 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 matching sections in corpus (FTS returned 0 candidates) — concept not codified in this jurisdiction's election statute. | no FTS match 2026-05-12 |
Commission
20.0% · 1/5| 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)? | 0/20.0% | No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Art. 70 codifies post-election ballot retention/destruction; not commission grounding. | § view source 2026-05-12 |
| 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 section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Art. 85 codifies Romanian government formation (President designates PM, appointment by Parliament vote of confidence); not BEC/AEP appointment. | § view source 2026-05-12 |
| COMM.3Term protectionAre commissioner terms defined in statute with fixed length, staggered cycles, and statutory grounds for removal? | 1/1100.0% | Art. 101 codifies AEP leadership term protection: president appointed by joint session of Senate + Chamber of Deputies, vice-presidents by President of Romania and Prime Minister (multi-branch); 8-year term, renewable once; cannot be party members; enumerated grounds for early termination (expiration, resignation, revocation for serious reasons, death). “Mandatul președintelui și mandatele vicepreședinților Autorității Electorale Permanente sunt de câte 8 ani” | § view source 2026-05-12 |
| COMM.4Political-balance requirementIs the commission's composition required by statute to be politically balanced (party-balanced, supermajority-confirmation, or independent appointment by judiciary)? | 0/10.0% | No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Art. 80 codifies campaign-decision contestation procedure; not political balance. | § view source 2026-05-12 |
Funding
0.0% · 0/4Staff Training
50.0% · 2/3| 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? | 0.5/150.0% | Art. 102 codifies AEP's specialized staff structure with departments by domain (legislation/contentious electoral, IT, campaign-finance control, electoral logistics, territory coordination, electoral-body support, international cooperation) plus support functions (financial, legal, administrative, IT, audit, classified-information protection). Permanent career-staff framework codified, though the surfaced text does not explicitly cite civil-service merit-based status. “Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă are un aparat propriu de specialitate” | § view source 2026-05-12 |
| STAFF.2Mandatory trainingIs training for election officials and poll workers required by statute, with content and frequency defined? | 1/1100.0% | Art. 106 codifies the 'Centrul Expert electoral' (Electoral Expert Center) attributions including 'organizează și realizează programe de formare, specializare, educare sau instruire în domeniul electoral' — statutory mandate for training programs in election administration. “organizează și realizează programe de formare, specializare, educare sau instruire în domeniul electoral” | § view source 2026-05-12 |
| STAFF.3Whistleblower protectionAre election-related whistleblower protections (for staff reporting irregularities) codified in statute? | 0/10.0% | No matching sections in corpus (FTS returned 0 candidates) — concept not codified in this jurisdiction's election statute. | no FTS match 2026-05-12 |
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 matching sections in corpus (FTS returned 0 candidates) — concept not codified in this jurisdiction's election statute. | no FTS match 2026-05-12 |
| CERT.2Recertification triggersAre recertification triggers (after material updates, after defects discovered, on a fixed schedule) codified? | 0/10.0% | No matching sections in corpus (FTS returned 0 candidates) — concept not codified in this jurisdiction's election statute. | no FTS match 2026-05-12 |
| CERT.3Decertification grounds & procedureAre the grounds for revoking certification, and the procedure for doing so, defined in statute? | 0/10.0% | No matching sections in corpus (FTS returned 0 candidates) — concept not codified in this jurisdiction's election statute. | no FTS match 2026-05-12 |