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It can be said that the model of electoral administration at the SEC level in Croatia would shift from a “balanced, multi-partisan” approach to a “neutral, professional” basis under the Draft Law. The SEC as constituted under current law has a standing composition of judges and lawyers – the Presidency being filled ex officio by the President of the Supreme Court, and other members chosen by the Constitutional Court from Supreme Court judges and other distinguished legal practitioners.[6] But, during elections, the current SEC is expanded to include a larger number (6) of nominees of the governing and opposition groups in Parliament.[7]