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Article 27
 

Functions and composition of the Electoral Commission


1. The Electoral Commission supervises the good operation of the election process, in every referendum and election in the country, whether general or local, ensuring its objectivity and the equality of opportunities of all candidates. The General Council shall facilitate to the Electoral Commission the necessary resources to develop its functions, including premises for meetings, attendance of experts or technicians, and allowances and bonuses for its members.


2. The Electoral Commission consists of six members. Three of them must be magistrates of the Magistrate Court of Andorra, chosen by lot by the High Council of Justice. The remaining three members must be jurists or experts appointed by the Office of the Speaker on the basis of a common proposal from the parliamentary groups and independent general councillors. Substitute members shall also be appointed in this way, which shall also be three magistrates and three jurists or experts.


3. The full members and substitutes of the Electoral Commission shall be appointed in the following way:


a) those appointed by the general councillors, within ninety days from the first session of each new Parliament. The Office of the Speaker shall immediately communicate the appointments to the High Council of Justice.


b) those appointed by the High Council of Justice, in the first session that takes place after receiving the communication from the Office of the Speaker, as mentioned above.


4. The Office of the Speaker shall appoint the members if they are not appointed by the General Councillors in the above referred terms, after hearing the parliamentarian groups and independent general councillors.


5. All appointments shall be notified to the General Secretary of the General Council, which shall convene the members to take their seats and constitute the Electoral Commission within the following month thereof.


6. The appointments will keep full effects throughout the parliamentary period and until new appointments are made. The same day in which elections or referendum are called, the general secretary of the General Council shall convene the appointed members for the Electoral Commission to enter into operation, within the following five days.


7. The High Council of Justice appoints the President and Vice President of the Electoral Commission from among the Magistrates appointed by the institution as members of the Electoral Commission. The president has a deciding vote in the event of a tie. The Electoral Commission shall be validly constituted with the attendance of a minimum of four members, two of them shall be magistrates. The Electoral Commission may be convened by the President, on its own initiative or at the request of two members, depending on the urgency of the call.


8. The Secretary of the Electoral Commission is the general secretary of the General Council and participates in deliberations with voice but no vote. In particular, he/she has the responsibility of ensuring the immediate initiation of the Electoral Commission once each of the election process has been called.