Election Appeal Committee.

The Minister shall appoint three members to the Election Appeal Committee. The term of appointment to the Committee shall be six years, with the term of one member expiring every other year. The Supreme Court of Iceland nominates the chairperson of the Committee, who shall meet the eligibility criteria to be appointed a Supreme Court Justice. The Icelandic Rectors’ Conference nominates one Committee member, who shall hold a university degree entitling the person to hold public office or a master’s degree in law and have experience in the conduct of elections. The Icelandic Association of Local Authorities nominates one Committee member, who shall have experience in the conduct of elections. Alternate members shall be appointed in the same manner. 

The following decisions may be appealed to the Committee:    

1.Denials by Registers Iceland to add a voter to the electoral register, cf. paragraph 3 of Article 4, and to make corrections to the electoral register under Article 32, cf. Article 33.    
[2. A decision on eligibility, cf. Articles 18 and 72.] ¹⁾    
[3.] ¹⁾Decisions by the National Electoral Commission and a senior electoral commission of a municipality on the validity of candidate lists and related matters, cf. Articles 45 and 46.    
[4.] ¹⁾Decisions by senior electoral commissions concerning candidates’ eligibility to stand for election in municipal elections, cf. Article 48.    
[5.] ¹⁾Decisions by the National Electoral Commission regarding the validity of a candidacy in a presidential election, cf. paragraph 2 of Article 50.    
[6.] ¹⁾Complaints of illegitimacy of municipal elections, cf. Article 128.    
[7.] ¹⁾Complaints of illegitimacy of presidential elections and referendums, cf. Article 129.    
[8.] ¹⁾ … ¹⁾    
[9.] ¹⁾Decisions taken by the National Electoral Commission under other legislation. 

Deadlines to lodge complaints against individual decisions are governed by the provisions of this Act. 

A decision by a party to a case to appeal government decisions under paragraph 2 to a court of law does not suspend the legal effect of such decisions.

Rulings by the Election Appeal Committee are not appealable to another government authority.  

[A ruling by the Election Appeal Committee may be appealed to a court of law within three weeks of the ruling’s publication. The procedure of such a case shall be governed by the general rules on civil procedure except that it shall be subject to accelerated processing pursuant to Section XIX of the Code of Civil Procedure.] ^{1)
1)Act No. 62/2023, Article 6}