GENERAL ELECTION COMMISSION OF MONGOLIA

2015

LEGAL FRAMEWORK

• 1992 The Сonstitution of Mongolia• 2006 Law on the central electoral body• 2011 Law on the automated election system• 2011 Law on the Election of the State Great

Hural of Mongolia• 2012 Law on the election of metropolitan

Hurals of Citizen Representatives• 2012 Law on the election of aimag, soum and

duureg Hurals of Citizen Representatives

• 2012 Law On Election Of President Of Mongolia

Central Electoral Body

• Established in 1992 • 9 commissioners:

- Chairman and Secretary General (full time)

- 7 Commissioners (part time)• appointed for a 6 year term.

Structure of the General Election Commission

GENERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

/Chairman, Secretary and 7 members/

Adminstration office

Information Technology Center

Division of Administration and Finance

/5 person/

Division of Information,

Research and Methodology

/4 person/

Legal Division/4 person/

Software Division /4 person/

Hardware Service Division

/5 person/

System of Electoral bodies

Electoral systems of Mongolia

• 1990 –proportional electoral – Small Hural (lower house)

– Great Hural (upper house).

• 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 – one mandate majoritarian system

• 2008 – multi-mandate majoritarian system

• 2012 – mixed electoral system 48/28

Role of the GECM

• Parliamentary election

• Presidential election

• Nationwide referendums

• Technical and methodological support to the elections on Citizen Representatives Hural.

Election commissions

Vote casting• Personal voting.

• Mobile box voting (one day before election day)

• Overseas voting for Parliamentary and Presidential elections.

• Automated Election System started to be used since 2012 .

• No advance voting

AUTOMATED ELECTION SYSTEMS

1. Voter registration

2. Vote casting

3. Transmission and Integrity of results

Electronic devices of Automated Election System

Voter’s registration devices Image Cast Precinct /ICP

Voter registration• BEFORE:– Election division conducted and updated Voter

Registration List.– Issued Voter ID.– Voter transfer continued – until ballot paper arrives to

division election commissions.– Citizen ID, Army ID.

• NOW:– State General Registration Department responsible for

roll.– No overlapping, registration based on the date of

central database. – Voters transfer – stopped 10 days prior election day.– Only citizen ID /foreign passport/

Complex of voter registration system

Printer for registration billFinger print reader Notebook with registration program

Screen for community with picture of voter

Election day

• According to number of voters installed 1-2 ballot casting and counting equipment at the pooling station . • Have been organized various advocacy activity on how to use voting equipment сурталчилгааны ажлууд хийв.

Vote process

САНАЛЫН ХУУДАС ДАХИН ОЛГОХ: - Сонгогч саналаа тэмдэглэхдээ алдаа гарган буруу тэмдэглэл хийсэн бол;- Санал тоолох төхөөрөмж саналын хуудсыг таньж уншаагүй бол.

Ballot paper

Information of ballot paper:

• Information on candidates

• Candidate photo (3,4*4cm) • Vote mark instruction

Integrity of Results

Zero report Result report

Control counting

After vote close out control counting place selected :At the soum level – 1 At the district level – 2 One copy of the control counting material should be

sent to GEC. Observers and media peoples attends control counting

Image file of ballot paper

- Images of ballot paper saved at device memory.- Ballot Images burned into CD and handed for political party observers

Central server

Division commission 1896-1905

Transmission of election results

Result integrity at central server

Advantages of Automated System

- Fast Results. Voting results are delivered from all of the polling sites in a matter of hours.

- Security. Highly secure platform that addresses all potential flaws of IT networks

- Control and Reports. Full control over all elements of the system throughout the entire election process and real time status of every site 

- Efficient Operations. The automated elections system is managed by a group of dedicated professionals that are specifically trained to be able to tackle any malfunction or event in the most efficient way.

www.gec.gov.mn