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First instance body dealing with electoral disputes

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National Election Committee (Riksvalgstyret)
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ElectionAct (LOV 2002-06-28nr 57: Lov om valg til Stortinget, fylkesting og kommunestyrer (valgloven)),(published 2002-09-01, last amended 2013-05-24)

 

? 13-1. Klage ved stortingsvalg

(4)Stortinget er klageinstans for klager som gjelder stemmerett og retten til ?avgi stemme. Riksvalgstyret skal avgi uttalelse til Stortinget om klagesakene.Riksvalgstyret er klageinstans for ?vrige klager. Riksvalgstyret skal oversendesine vedtak i klagesakene til Stortinget.

 

http://www.lovdata.no/all/hl-20020628-057.html

Comment

The NECis neither an EMB, nor a court, nor a specialized administrative body.

OSCEreport on Norway Parliamentary elections in 2009: http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/norway/40529

The National Electoral Committee (NEC) has alimited role. It allocates the 19 compensatory seats, issues credentials toelected Members of Parliament and acts as an appeals body in all cases exceptthe right to vote. It is appointed by the King upon proposal of the Parliamentfor the period of an election and includes at least five members withalternates. The current NEC has seven members, representing each of theparliamentary parties. The NEC is not an election management body, and itsauthority over the other levels of election bodies is limited to appeals. TheMinistry of Local Government and Regional Development serves as the secretariatof the NEC. All meetings of the NEC are public, although the OSCE/ODIHR EAM wasinformed that in practice no one has asked to be present at their meetings.
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