Candeia elections and referendums
National Electoral Commission
Organise Candeia’s elections and referendums and certify their administrative results, subject to judicial and constitutional review, when those processes are actually active.
Pre-Foundation · permanent institution not installedConstitutional Proposal · reference text · not promulgated
Why it exists
Candeia’s elections are mechanisms of the system’s internal governance. The Commission is the proposed institution for organising the process, publishing rules and certifying results without depending on the Government or an electoral provider.
How it protects electoral administration
Organise elections and referendums and serve as the sole administrative authority competent to officially certify Candeian election results, subject to judicial and constitutional review.
Organise elections and referendums. Register candidacies and authorise systems for electoral use after independent assessment. Publish audits, count and certify results.
7 members: 2 elected by the Assembly by a three-fifths majority; 2 designated by the Constitutional Court by a two-thirds majority; 2 appointed by the President from public lists of the Constitutional Appointments Commission; and 1 chosen by the Ombudsman from a public list.
No single authority appoints a majority. Each seat has a previously qualified alternate designated by the same institutional source.
A single seven-year term, with staggered renewal.
Incompatibility rules exclude party leadership, recent candidacy, governmental office, direct technical administration of voting systems and economic interests in an electoral provider.
The Constitution sets no specific amount or formula in this section; the institution must maintain sufficient technical capacity, and installation/readiness requires actual resources, systems and staff. GOV does not invent an appropriation before activation.
Only for expressly defined serious grounds; removal requires a reasoned decision of at least 6 of the 9 members of the Constitutional Court after duly authorised proceedings are initiated.
Disputes before the Electoral Chamber and Constitutional Court, independent audits, a minimum quorum of 5/7 to deliberate and 4 concurring votes to certify a national result.
Candidacy register, audits, administrability opinions, clearly labelled preliminary results, reconciliation and a collegiate act of final certification when an actual election exists.
It does not determine a winner through a technical report, software, provider or automated calculation; it may not create candidacy requirements outside the Constitution/organic law and does not control lawful political opinion.
What it organises in practice
- Organise elections and referendums.
- Register candidacies and authorise systems for electoral use after independent assessment.
- Publish audits, count and certify results.
Software does not choose the winner
The Commission may not determine a winner through a technical report, provider or automated calculation, nor create candidacy requirements outside Candeia’s valid rules.