election commission
Ballot authority body
An election commission is a government body responsible for administering elections—overseeing voter registration, managing polling places, counting ballots, and certifying results.
Most democracies have such bodies at national and local levels.
In the U.S., the Federal Election Commission (FEC) regulates campaign finance rather than running elections, which fall to state and county officials.
- voter registrationSigning up for elections
- ballotVoting document
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- nonpartisanNot aligned politically
fair elections · adjudication · electoral roll · compliance · voter fraud · recounts · impartiality · mail-in ballots · transparency · judicial review · certification · voting systems · dispute resolution · civic education · public trust · civic duty · voter turnout · polling station
- governmentgovernment, ministries, legislature, judiciary, executive branch
- institutionsacademy, government, public hospitals, museum, public libraries
- election disputescontested results, recount, recounts, vote recount, vote recounts
- government agenciesFBI, CIA, NASA, IRS, EPA
- oversight bodiesoversight board, ethics committee, oversight committee, ethics board, inspector general
- Russian GovernmentKremlin, Duma, Putin, presidential administration, governors
election commissioncandidates
Those seeking selection
political parties · voters · electorate · contestants · nominees
election commissionmilitary junta
Ruling council of officers
authoritarian regime · junta · dictatorship · autocracy · hereditary monarchy