EAdIElection Administration Index
How professionally and independently is election administration codified?
Dimensions
Accountability
25.0% · 1/2| Datapoint | Score | Rationale & evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| COI.1Conflict-of-interest disclosureAre commissioners and senior election staff required by statute to disclose financial interests (vendor relationships, party positions, candidate connections) publicly? | 0/10.0% | No matching sections in corpus. | no FTS match 2026-06-17 |
| COI.2Judicial review of administrative decisionsIs the right to seek judicial review of election-authority decisions codified, with standing, timeline, and venue defined? | 0.5/150.0% | The section establishes that cantonal-government decisions must be opened (communicated) according to the Administrative Procedure Act (Art. 34–38, 61 para. 2 VwVG), which anchors judicial review in codified procedure. However, this section itself does not define standing, timeline, or venue for judicial review—it only references external statutory procedures. Judicial-review rights exist in Switzerland's broader administrative-law framework, but this specific section does not codify those elements. “Die Kantonsregierung eröffnet ihre Beschwerdeentscheide und andere Verfügungen nach den Artikeln 34–38 und 61 Absatz 2 des Verwaltungsverfahrensgesetzes vom 20. Dezember 1968 und teilt sie auch der Bundeskanzlei mit.” | § view source 2026-06-17 |
Commission
0.0% · 0/5| Datapoint | Score | Rationale & evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMM.1Statutory grounding of commissionIs the election commission's existence and core mandate set in the constitution (rather than statute alone, regulation, or executive order)? | 0/20.0% | No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section concerns statistical reporting on federal elections and referenda, not the institutional structure or mandate of an election commission. It grants the Federal Council (Bundesrat) discretion to order additional statistical surveys and modify data collection methods, but does not establish or ground a commission's existence or core mandate in either the constitution or statute. The section is regulatory in character, not institutional. | § view source 2026-06-17 |
| COMM.2Multi-branch appointmentAre commission members appointed by multiple branches (legislature, judiciary, executive) such that no single branch unilaterally controls composition? | 0/10.0% | No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section of the Swiss Verordnung über die politischen Rechte addresses the approval of cantonal implementing regulations by the Federal Chancellery and contains no provisions governing the appointment of election commissioners or any multi-branch appointment mechanism. The text concerns procedural requirements for federal-cantonal regulatory coordination, not the institutional structure of an election commission. | § view source 2026-06-17 |
| COMM.3Term protectionAre commissioner terms defined in statute with fixed length, staggered cycles, and statutory grounds for removal? | 0/10.0% | No matching sections in corpus. | no FTS match 2026-06-17 |
| COMM.4Political-balance requirementIs the commission's composition required by statute to be politically balanced (party-balanced, supermajority-confirmation, or independent appointment by judiciary)? | 0/10.0% | No matching sections in corpus. | no FTS match 2026-06-17 |
Funding
0.0% · 0/4| Datapoint | Score | Rationale & evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| FUND.1Independent funding lineIs the election authority's budget a separate statutory line item (not subject to mid-cycle reallocation by the executive branch alone)? | 0/10.0% | No matching sections in corpus. | no FTS match 2026-06-17 |
| FUND.2Multi-year funding cycleAre election infrastructure budgets set on a multi-year cycle (avoiding annual political renegotiation of election-administration money)? | 0/10.0% | No matching sections in corpus. | no FTS match 2026-06-17 |
| FUND.3Foreign funding prohibitionIs foreign-source funding of the election authority (and election administration vendors, where applicable) prohibited by statute? | 0/20.0% | No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: The provided section (VPR Art. 30 and associated annexes) contains only transitional and procedural provisions concerning entry into force, formal amendments, and technical ballot-counting forms. It contains no statutory language addressing foreign-source funding of election authorities, election administration vendors, or any funding restrictions whatsoever. The section is entirely administrative/technical in nature and does not engage the criterion. | § view source 2026-06-17 |
Staff Training
0.0% · 0/3| Datapoint | Score | Rationale & evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| STAFF.1Career professional staffIs the election authority's career staff (professional employees, not political appointees) protected by civil-service or analogous merit-based statute? | 0/10.0% | No matching sections in corpus. | no FTS match 2026-06-17 |
| STAFF.2Mandatory trainingIs training for election officials and poll workers required by statute, with content and frequency defined? | 0/10.0% | No matching sections in corpus. | no FTS match 2026-06-17 |
| STAFF.3Whistleblower protectionAre election-related whistleblower protections (for staff reporting irregularities) codified in statute? | 0/10.0% | No matching sections in corpus. | no FTS match 2026-06-17 |
Vendor Oversight
33.3% · 1/3| Datapoint | Score | Rationale & evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CERT.1Certification process codifiedIs the voting-equipment certification process (criteria, evaluators, timeline, public-comment period) codified in statute or regulation? | 1/1100.0% | The section establishes a statutorily codified certification process for electronic voting systems at federal referendums, requiring Federal Council approval (Grundbewilligung des Bundesrates). The regulation specifies clear criteria (five consecutive error-free trials for cantons), procedural requirements (separate approval for National Council elections), and temporal/substantive/geographic limits on deployment. This creates a binding legal framework for vendor/system oversight rather than leaving it to administrative discretion. “Versuche zur elektronischen Stimmabgabe bei eidgenössischen Volksabstimmungen bedürfen einer Grundbewilligung des Bundesrates.” | § view source 2026-06-17 |
| CERT.2Recertification triggersAre recertification triggers (after material updates, after defects discovered, on a fixed schedule) codified? | 0/10.0% | No matching sections in corpus. | no FTS match 2026-06-17 |
| CERT.3Decertification grounds & procedureAre the grounds for revoking certification, and the procedure for doing so, defined in statute? | 0/10.0% | No matching sections in corpus. | no FTS match 2026-06-17 |