The Commonwealth Electoral Commission is a constituent organisation of the Ministry of the Commonwealth.
The Commonwealth Electoral Commission (CEC) conducts elections, by-elections and referendums in Vekllei. It maintains the Vekllei Electoral Roll, designs electorates and apportionments, and administers the Public Visibility Scheme through which political candidates register and receive campaign support. The commission operates independently of the ministries whose elections it administers.
Elections in Vekllei are frequent and diverse – the municipal assembly, republic assembly and Consilia all operate on different electoral cycles, and the commission manages all of them concurrently. Referendums, which are required for major constitutional and policy changes under the Vekllei Constitution, are administered by the commission and may occur at any time.
The commission also provides electoral supervisory services to other Commonwealth member-states and occasionally monitors foreign elections as an independent auditor.
Departments #
- Department of Elections: Administers the practical conduct of all elections and by-elections across the Commonwealth.
- Office of Polling Operations
- Office of Counting & Results
- Office of By-elections
- Department of Referendums: Manages the administration of constitutional and policy referendums, including petition verification and question formulation.
- Office of Referendum Operations
- Office of Petitions & Qualifications
- Department of the Electoral Roll: Maintains the national electoral roll, processes enrolments and manages roll integrity.
- Office of Enrolment
- Office of Roll Integrity
- Office of Data Systems
- Department of Redistribution & Apportionment: Conducts periodic electoral redistributions based on census data and population shifts.
- Office of Redistribution
- Office of Apportionment Analysis
- Department of Candidate Registration: Administers the Public Visibility Scheme and registration of candidates, parties and political associations.
- Office of Candidate Services
- Office of Public Visibility Funding
- Department of International Services: Provides electoral advisory and monitoring services to Commonwealth member-states and foreign governments.
- Office of Commonwealth Electoral Services
- Office of International Monitoring