It is to be noted that in the Venice Commission’s Code of Good Practice in electoral Matters under subheading “3. Procedural guarantees”,[12] one finds notably these further requirements:
3.1. Organisation of elections by an impartial body
a. An impartial body must be in charge of applying electoral law.
b. Where there is no longstanding tradition of administrative authorities' independence from those holding political power, independent, impartial electoral commissions must be set up at all levels, from the national level to polling station level.
c. The central electoral commission must be permanent in nature.
