Legal validity · collegiate decision
Electoral certification
Certification is the act that gives legal validity, within Candeia’s internal order, to the technically counted result. The proposal reserves this decision to the National Electoral Commission after sufficient reconciliation and audit.
Current statusNo electoral result has been certified.Proposed constitutional basis
In brief
For the public, the “certified” label may appear only when an actual act of the competent authority exists. Until then, GOV must clearly distinguish simulation, preliminary calculation and an officially certified result.
How the Constitution structures this subject
National Electoral Commission
It is the competent administrative authority for officially certifying a Candeia electoral result.
Actual collegiate decision
The Commission deliberates with at least 5 of its 7 members; final certification requires at least 4 concurring votes.
No blind trust
A technical report, audit or cryptographic evidence informs the decision but does not replace it.
Priority judicial review
Validity and electoral decisions may be reviewed by the Electoral Chamber and, on constitutional matters, by the Constitutional Court.
How it works
Obtain the calculation and evidence produced by the process.
Confirm the register, participation, votes, re-votes and corrections.
Resolve material failures and inconsistencies or suspend certification.
Certify collegially or seek a restorative measure and judicial review.
Limits and safeguards
- Silence, a vacancy or absence does not count as a favourable vote or tacit certification.
- No person, provider, auditor or software may declare a winner in place of the National Electoral Commission.
- When the correctness of the result cannot be demonstrated with sufficient independent confidence, the Commission must not certify it.