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Article 8
 

Electoral Commissions (Juntas Electorales)



  1. The Electoral Administration shall be responsible for ensuring as provided for in this Act the transparency and objectivity of the election process and of the principle of equality.

  2. The Electoral Administration consists of the Central, Provincial and Judiciary District and, as the case may be, Self-governing Communities’ Electoral Commissions, as well as of voting bureaus.

  3. The Central Electoral Commission shall have its seat in Madrid. Provincial Electoral Commissions shall be based in province capital cities and those of Judiciary Districts in the main localities of judiciary districts referred to in subsection 6 below.

  4. The Electoral Commissions of the cities of Ceuta and Melilla shall also discharge the functions of Provincial Electoral Commissions in their respective districts.

  5. Electoral Commissions shall hold their meetings in their respective seat or, failing this, at the place where their secretaries discharge their functions.

  6. For the purposes of this Act judiciary districts are the same as those for the local elections in 1979.