EAdIElection Administration Index
How professionally and independently is election administration codified?
Dimensions
Accountability
0.0% · 0/2| 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? | 0/10.0% | No matching sections in corpus. | no FTS match 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: Article 17 establishes election commissioners (Ephors) by statute (Law 72/1979), which provides statutory grounding for the commission's existence and mandate. However, COMM.1 explicitly requires constitutional grounding, not statute alone. The section provides no evidence that this mandate is embedded in the Cypriot Constitution; it is grounded in ordinary legislation. This satisfies the scoring threshold for 'statute' (score=1) but fails the yes/no threshold for COMM.1, which requires constitutional status (score=2). | § 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: The section vests appointment of election commissioners (Chief and Deputy Chief Electoral Officers and regional Electoral Officers) exclusively in the Minister (executive branch). No statutory role for legislature or judiciary in appointments is provided. This is unilateral executive control, not multi-branch appointment structure. | § 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 matching sections in corpus. | no FTS match 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
0.0% · 0/3| 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? | 0/10.0% | No matching sections in corpus. | no FTS match 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 |