Electoral Management Design Database

Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic

2020

Model of electoral management

Independent

Source

Dominican Republic, Constitution (2015), accessed 19 June 2020

ARTICLE 211. The elections shall be organized, directed, and supervised by a Central Electoral Board and the electoral boards below its office, which have the responsibility of guaranteeing liberty, transparency, equity, and objectivity in the elections.

ARTICLE 212. The Central Electoral Board is an autonomous organ with juridical personality and technical, administrative, budgetary and financial independence, whose principal purpose shall be to organize and direct the electoral assemblies for the celebration of elections and or mechanisms of popular participation established by the present Constitution and the laws. It shall have regulatory ability in the matters that are its responsibility.

Dominican Republic, Ley Orgánica de Régimen Electoral No. 15-19 del 18 de febrero de 2019. G.O. No. 10933 del 20 de febrero de 2019, accessed 19 June 2020

Considerando tercero: Que la Constitución de la República establece que las elecciones serán organizadas, dirigidas y supervisadas por la Junta Central Electoral y las juntas electorales bajo su dependencia, las cuales tienen la responsabilidad de garantizar la libertad, transparencia, equidad y objetividad de las elecciones.

Considerando cuarto: Que la Junta Central Electoral es un órgano autónomo con personalidad jurídica e independencia técnica, administrativa, presupuestaria y financiera, cuya finalidad principal será organizar y dirigir las asambleas electorales para la celebración de elecciones y de mecanismos de participación popular establecidos por la presente Constitución y las leyes.

Electoral Management Bodies

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Name of EMB Number of EMB members Term of office EMB members selected by Chair appointed/elected by Party or expert based membership
Central Electoral Board (Junta Central Electoral) 5 4 years Senate Senate Expert
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