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part iii 7. Appointment Authority of Members
The president of the Supreme Court is the ex officio
ELECtorAL sYstEM chair

(A) ELECTION MANAGEMENT BODy 8. Names of Elections conducted by EMB
Parliamentary elections
1. Name of the EMB(S) Presidential elections
DRŽAVNO IZBORNO POVJERENSTVO REPUBLIKE European elections
HRVATSKE (State Electoral Commission of the Re- Local elections
public of Croatia)
(B) ELECTORAL PROCESS
2. Website Address
www.izbori.hr 1. Total Population as on
4.1 Million (Feb. 2019)
3. Nature of EMB
Independent 2. Registered Electors as on
3.6 Million (July 2020) registered voters for the
4. No. of Members in EMB second round of Presidential Elections- 3.860.095
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3. Voter turnout in last National Elections: Total,
5. Terms of office Percentage
8 years 55% (second round of Presidential Elections)

4. Voting Method
6. EMB Members selected by
the President of the State Electoral Commission Manual marking of Ballots
is the President of the Supreme Court of the Re- 5. Audit Trail
public of Croatia ex officio. Two Vice-Presidents Not implemented
are elected by the General Session of the Supreme
Court of the Republic of Croatia from among judg- 6. Voting Process
es of that court upon proposal of the President of Voters are given a ballot on which they can encir-
the Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia. The cle the ordinal number to the left of the name of
term of office of the President is as long as he/ a particular slate. If a voter wants to give a pre-
she is the president of the Supreme Court (and ferred vote to a particular candidate on the slate,
the term of office is four years, with possibility of s/he shall encircle the ordinal number to the left of
re-election) whereas the Vice-Presidents do not the name and surname of the candidate to whom
have a term of office set in years by law. such voter wants to give a preferred vote.

The other two Vice-Presidents and four Members The votes are casted behind a voting screen to
of the State Electoral Commission are elected by maintain secrecy. The ballot is then dropped into
the Croatian Parliament by majority vote of all rep- a Ballot box.
resentatives of the Croatian Parliament, whereas If a voter, due to any physical handicap or illiteracy,
one Vice-President and two Members are pro- is unable to vote independently, s/he can be ac-
posed for election by the majority political party companied to the polling station with another per-
or coalition and the other Vice-President and two son. The accompanying person should mark the
Members are proposed for election by the oppo- ballot only upon the authorization and instruction
sition political parties or coalitions, in accordance given by the concerned voter.
with the party structure of the Croatian Parliament
at the time of the election

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