EAdIElection Administration Index

No matching sections in corpus.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section addresses the procedural mechanics of holding special elections to fill U.S. Senate vacancies (issuance of writs, timing requirements). It contains no provision establishing a right to judicial review of election-authority decisions, nor does it define standing, timeline, or venue for such review. The section is procedurally administrative and does not codify accountability mechanisms.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: The commission is statutorily created (satisfying basic grounding), but this is a temporary study commission with a specific 2013 reporting deadline and defined sunset purpose, not a permanent election administration body. The criterion asks whether the election commission's existence and core mandate are set constitutionally; this section establishes statutory grounding only, and moreover does not establish a standing election administration commission but rather an ad hoc advisory study group.

This section establishes a two-branch appointment structure (executive nomination and legislative confirmation), which partially satisfies multi-branch appointment by preventing unilateral executive control. However, it lacks the full structural independence that would come from independent judicial appointment or a truly balanced commission design, and the confirmation power remains with a single legislative chamber rather than a more dispersed appointment authority.

“The governor, in making these appointments, and the senate, in confirming them, shall consider the abilities and integrity of the qualified electors under consideration”

The statute establishes fixed nine-year commissioner terms defined in law, with staggered appointment cycles (new members appointed in January of every even-numbered year), creating overlapping terms that prevent wholesale turnover. This satisfies the core structural requirement of term protection: commissioners cannot be removed at will by the governor and serve defined, statutory terms.

“All members of the board appointed or reappointed after January 1, 2008, shall serve for terms of nine (9) years beginning in January 2008, and in January of every even numbered year thereafter”

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section governs polling place operations, equipment arrangement, and the duties of election officials and police at polling sites. It contains no provisions regarding commission composition, appointment procedures, term protection, political balance requirements, or any institutional structure of an election commission. The criterion COMM.4 addresses statutory requirements for balanced commission composition; this section does not address the commission itself.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section addresses ballot processing, certification, and counting procedures. It contains no provisions establishing a budget, funding mechanism, or statutory line item for the election authority. It does not address funding independence or protection from mid-cycle reallocation. FUND.1 requires statutory grounding of fiscal structure; this section is procedural and administrative in nature.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section concerns only the scheduling of primary elections (the eighth Tuesday preceding biennial state elections) and contains no provisions addressing election infrastructure budgets, multi-year funding cycles, or any funding mechanism whatsoever. It is silent on financial matters and therefore does not satisfy FUND.2.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section regulates campaign contributions to candidates and political committees, not funding of the election authority or its vendors. It contains no statutory prohibition on foreign-source funding of election administration itself. FUND.3 requires a structural safeguard protecting the election agency's operational independence from foreign financial influence; this section addresses only candidate and party finance law.

No matching sections in corpus.

The statute mandates that the state board formulate programs of instruction for training election officials and local boards, and specifies required content (election law, duties, sample situations, geographical boundaries, ballot information). It establishes both a training requirement and detailed statutory definition of content scope, satisfying the criterion's dual elements of mandatory training with defined content.

“The state board of elections shall formulate programs of instruction and shall determine the method and manner of instruction that shall be provided to the local boards and to the vendor providing training pursuant to any agreement between the state and the vendor for the training of election officials. The program of instruction shall include familiarization with the election laws and duties of various election officials, together with the exercise of sample situations that may be encountered in the process of voting; geographical boundaries of the voting district to which the official may be assigned; offices and questions that may be on the ballot; and any other information that the board of elections may deem appropriate.”

No matching sections in corpus.

The section grants the Secretary of State authority over voting-system specifications and approval, but does not codify certification criteria, evaluator qualifications, timelines, or public-comment procedures. The statute delegates approval authority but leaves the substantive certification process to administrative discretion rather than statutory mandate.

“the office of the secretary of state shall have the authority to submit and approve the specifications used by the department of administration in procuring voting systems, voting system-related services, and accessible voting equipment on behalf of the state”

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: CERT.2 asks whether recertification triggers for election systems or vendors are codified. This section addresses voter registration procedures at designated agencies—a substantive policy about registration access, not institutional oversight of election vendors or systems certification. There are no triggers, schedules, or procedures for vendor recertification mentioned.

No matching sections in corpus.