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Iceland

Iceland

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L?g umkosningar til Al?ingis (Act Concerning Parliamentary Elections to the Althing),(published 2000-05-16, last amended 2011-09-28), http://www.althingi.is/lagas/140a/2000024.html

(Englishversion (not updated): http://www.kosning.is/english/laws-and-regulations/act-no.-242000/)

 

XXI. kafli. Kosningak?rur.
  118. gr. N?k?rir einhver kj?sandi a? ?ingmann er kosningu hlaut skorti einhver kj?rgengisskilyr?ie?a a? frambo?slisti hafi veri? ?l?glega frambo?inn e?a kosinn svo a? ?gildaberi kosninguna, og skal hann ?? innan fj?gurra vikna fr? ?v? a? kosninga?rslitvoru augl?st, en ?? ??ur en n?sta Al?ingi kemur saman, senda [r??uneytinu]1) k?ru ? tveimur samritum.[R??uneyti?]1) sendir ?egar ?sta? umbo?sm?nnum frambo?slistans anna? samriti? en hitt skal lagt fyrirAl?ingi ?egar ? ?ingbyrjun.
   1)L. 162/2010, 162. gr. 


XXII. kafli. ?rskur?ur Al?ingisum gildi kosninga.
 120. gr. Ef Al?ingiberst k?ra um a? n?kosinn ?ingmann skorti skilyr?i fyrir kj?rgengi e?a s? ?annan h?tt ?l?glega frambo?inn e?a kosinn rannsakar ?a? k?runa og fellir?rskur? um hana jafnframt ?v? sem ?a? rannsakar kj?rbr?f hvers n?kosins?ingmanns ?samt g?gnum ?eim er Al?ingi berast fr? landskj?rstj?rn ogyfirkj?rstj?rn vi?v?kjandi kosningu hans, og ?rskur?ar um gildi kosningarinnar? ?ann h?tt sem n?nar er fyrir m?lt ? ?ingsk?pum. […]

 

 

OSCEfinal report 2013 Icelandic parliamentary elections, p. 19

http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/103053

 

“TheConstitution and the PEA [Parliamentary Elections Act] require the newlyelected parliament to certify the legality of the elections and eligibility ofelected candidates. The law does not provide a mechanism for parliament’sdecision to be appealed to any judicial authority which is not fully in linewith the judicial review of administrative decisions and regulations asstipulated in paragraph 18.4 of the OSCE 1991 Moscow Document and the right ofaccess to court for final adjudication of all election matters.”
Comment
Challenges to theelection results can be filed based on the argument that an electedparliamentary member does not meet the requirements regarding candidacy, thatthe electoral list was otherwise put forward illegally, or that the member wasunlawfully elected. Such a complaint is sent to the Ministry of Justice, whichforwards it to the parliament (Althing). The parliament will investigate the complaintand deliver a ruling.
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