EAdIElection Administration Index
How professionally and independently is election administration codified?
Dimensions
Accountability
25.0% · 1/2| 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? | 0.5/150.0% | Article 29 codifies commission-member status restrictions: foreign citizens, candidates, their attorneys, deputies of state-power bodies, party-list members, etc. cannot serve. Some structural conflict-of-interest provisions codified, though financial-disclosure for commissioners isn't explicitly required. | § view source 2026-05-18 |
| 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 candidate sections returned by FTS. | no FTS match 2026-05-18 |
Commission
50.0% · 3/5| 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)? | 1/250.0% | Article 20 codifies the multi-tier commission system in statute: CEC, subject commissions, municipal commissions, territorial, precinct. Article 28 codifies organization. Article 24 codifies municipal-formation commission powers. Statute-level grounding (Constitution Article 81 references CEC for presidential elections but not surfaced). | § view source 2026-05-18 |
| 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 candidate sections returned by FTS. | no FTS match 2026-05-18 |
| COMM.3Term protectionAre commissioner terms defined in statute with fixed length, staggered cycles, and statutory grounds for removal? | 0.5/150.0% | Article 29 codifies grounds for non-appointment of commission members (statutory removal-grounds equivalent). Article 21-23 (in other dumps) codify commission term lengths. Statutory term-protection framework partially codified. | § view source 2026-05-18 |
| COMM.4Political-balance requirementIs the commission's composition required by statute to be politically balanced (party-balanced, supermajority-confirmation, or independent appointment by judiciary)? | 1/1100.0% | Article 22(1) codifies political-balance requirements for subject-level + municipal-level + district commissions: 'on the basis of proposals by political parties' having representation in legislative bodies. Article 25 reinforces for district commissions. Article 35 governs party nominations. Multi-party commission composition statutorily codified. | § view source 2026-05-18 |
Funding
50.0% · 2/4| Datapoint | Score | Rationale & evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| FUND.1Independent funding lineIs the election authority's budget a separate statutory line item (not subject to mid-cycle reallocation by the executive branch alone)? | 1/1100.0% | Article 57(1) codifies separate funding line: 'Expenses related to preparation and conduct of elections of a relevant level in the Russian Federation, operation and improvement of means of automation, training of election officials and voter education shall be funded' from the respective level budget. Statutory independent funding line codified. | § view source 2026-05-18 |
| FUND.2Multi-year funding cycleAre election infrastructure budgets set on a multi-year cycle (avoiding annual political renegotiation of election-administration money)? | 0/10.0% | No candidate sections returned by FTS. | no FTS match 2026-05-18 |
| FUND.3Foreign funding prohibitionIs foreign-source funding of the election authority (and election administration vendors, where applicable) prohibited by statute? | 1/250.0% | Article 29 prohibits foreign citizens / those with foreign residence permits from serving on commissions. Article 58 codifies electoral-fund prohibitions including foreign donations (in v0 cands). Article 2 (terms). Article 48 (campaigning). Comprehensive foreign-source prohibition statutory framework codified for both commissions and campaign funds. | § view source 2026-05-18 |
Staff Training
33.3% · 1/3| 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? | 0/10.0% | Article 29 covers commission-member status (who CANNOT be appointed). No explicit career-staff civil-service protection codified — election commission staff in Russia are largely on rotating multi-year terms, not protected civil service. | § view source 2026-05-18 |
| STAFF.2Mandatory trainingIs training for election officials and poll workers required by statute, with content and frequency defined? | 1/1100.0% | Article 57 explicitly codifies 'training of election officials and voter education' as a separately-funded election-administration responsibility. Article 21 (CEC powers includes training oversight). Article 23 (subject-level commission training). Article 26 (territorial training). Statutory training mandate codified. | § view source 2026-05-18 |
| STAFF.3Whistleblower protectionAre election-related whistleblower protections (for staff reporting irregularities) codified in statute? | 0/10.0% | No candidate sections returned by FTS. | no FTS match 2026-05-18 |
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% | Article 68 covers vote-counting (which uses ballots tabulated open hand-count or via KOIB scanners). Article 65 covers early voting. Article 21 establishes CEC powers. Voting-equipment certification is delegated to CEC regulations under Article 74 (GAS Vybory system) — not codified in the surfaced statutory corpus with explicit certification standards. | § view source 2026-05-18 |
| CERT.2Recertification triggersAre recertification triggers (after material updates, after defects discovered, on a fixed schedule) codified? | 0/10.0% | No candidate sections returned by FTS. | no FTS match 2026-05-18 |
| CERT.3Decertification grounds & procedureAre the grounds for revoking certification, and the procedure for doing so, defined in statute? | 0/10.0% | No candidate sections returned by FTS. | no FTS match 2026-05-18 |