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Evolution of the Body of Electoral Experts (EEC) in Romania in the period 2016-2020
Evolution of the Body of Electoral Experts (EEC) in Romania in the period 2016-2020

Author(s): Alexandra Iancu
Subject(s): Politics, Electoral systems, Rural and urban sociology, Administrative Law
Published by: SOCIETATEA ACADEMICA DE STIINTE ADMINISTRATIVE
Keywords: favourable opinion; examination Corps of electoral experts; admission; termination; exclusion; evolution;

Summary/Abstract: The Body of Electoral Experts (EEC) is a permanent record of persons who may become presidents of communal, city, municipal constituency electoral bureaux, polling stations of the country and abroad or their deputies, established, managed and updated by The Permanent Electoral Authority in accordance with the provisions of art. 16 of Law no. 208/2015 and of the PEA AEP Decision no. 11/2015 on the approval of the Methodology for admission to the Corps of Electoral Experts, with subsequent amendments and completions. In this article, an analysis is made of the Corps of Electoral Experts from the establishment until 2020. The analysis takes into account the graduated studies, the environment of origin (urban / rural), the age of the people who register. Starting with the general elections of 2016, for the first time the presidents of the electoral bureaux of the polling stations and their deputies were appointed by the Permanent Electoral Authority, in public session, announced 48 hours in advance before, by computerized lottery, organized at county level or at the level of the municipality of Bucharest 15 days before the election date, by positions, from the persons registered in the electoral experts body with domicile or residence in the respective county, based on the criterion of approaching the domicile or residence of the polling station, as well as on the criterion of completed studies.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 9
  • Page Range: 117-124
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English