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¿Es un Estado federal Sí, es una Monarquía parlamentaria federal

con una democracia
consolidada?

¿Cómo se desarrollan Electoral Code of Belgium

las elecciones?
Art. 105. The regular meeting of the electoral committees for the
renewal of the members of the Chamber of Representatives takes place
on the first Sunday after the expiry of a period of five years starting from
the day of the last meeting of these committees on the renewal of the
Chamber of Representatives. However, the date of the regular meeting
of the electoral committees shall be scheduled on the day of the election
for another parliamentary assembly if it takes place within two months
before or within a month after the date mentioned in the first sentence.

Art. 106. In case of a dissolving of the Chamber of Representatives or in

the case of a vacancy, the electoral committee shall meet within 40 days
of dissolution or vacancy. The date of the elections is defined through a
royal decree. However, if a vacancy comes up in the three months before
the renewal of the Chamber of Representatives, the invitation of the
electoral committees can only be decided by the Chamber of
Representatives. The same holds true if a vacancy is caused by the
resignation of an incumbent or the withdrawal of a substitute. In those
two different cases, the possible meeting of the electoral committees
takes place within 40 days after the decision.

Art. 107. At least two weeks before the vote, the Interior Minister
publishes in the “Moniteur belge” (national gazette) a note indicating
the day of the elections and the opening hours of the polling stations.
This note indicates furthermore the possibility of complaints by all voters
at the municipality administration until 12 days before the elections. The
governor of the province or the appointed official ensures, an invitation
to vote from the Council of burgomasters and lay judges is to be send to
each voter to his actual place of residence at least two weeks before the
elections.
Organización Electoral Code of Belgium
Institucional electoral
(normas locales o Art. 94. For the elections of the members of the Chamber of
federales) Representatives, a central electoral committee is established in the
chef-lieu of each electoral constituency.
The central electoral committee of the electoral constituency of Brussels
is presided conjointly by the chairman of the francophonic court of first
instance and the chairman of the Dutch court of first instance. For the
electoral constituency of Brussels the “chairman of the principal
electoral committee”, the “chairman of the central electoral committees
mentioned in article 94” and “chairman of the principal office” are
understood as “the chairman of the francophonic court of first instance
and the chairman of the Dutch court of first instance”.
The central electoral committee of the electoral constituency shall be
constituted no later than 27 days before the elections.
It shall be chaired by the chairman of the court of first instance in the
chef-lieu or a magistrate who replaces him. In the electoral
constituencies where there is no court of first instance, the justice of the
peace of the chef-lieu shall chair the central electoral committee or one
of his deputies following the priority.
The central electoral committee of the electoral constituency consists
of the chairman, four assessors, four deputy assessors appointed by
the chairman among the voters of the chef-lieu of an electoral
constituency, and a secretary appointed according to the prescription
given in article 100.
The central electoral committee of the electoral constituency is
exclusively in charge of the accomplishment of the preliminary
operations of the vote and of those of the general tallying of the votes.
The chairman supervises all of the operations taking place in the
electoral constituency and orders the appropriate emergency measures
if necessary.

Art. 95. § 1. Each electoral district consists of a district electoral

committee, vote counting sites and polling stations.
§ 2. The district electoral committee is established in the chef-lieu of a
district and presided by: 1° the chairman of the court of first instance or
his representative in the chef-lieu of the electoral district, which is at the
same time the chef lieu town of the judicial district; 2° the justice of the
peace in the chef-lieu of the electoral district which is also the chef-lieu
of a judicial district; 3° the justice of the peace or his representative of
the judicial district in which chef-lieu of the electoral district is located,
for all the other cases.
§ 3. The chairman of the district electoral committee is on principal
responsible for the supervision of the electoral operations in the entire
electoral district. He immediately informs the chairman of the central
electoral committee about any circumstances needing his attention. He
centralizes the results of the tallying of the votes that takes place in the
municipalities on district level.
§ 4. The chairman of the district electoral committee appoints:
1° the heads of the vote counting sites;
2° the heads of the polling stations;
3° the assessors and deputy assessors of the vote counting sites;
4° the assessors and deputy assessors of the polling stations.

Art. 100. The secretary shall be appointed by the chairman from the
voters of the electoral constituency. The secretary has only an advisory
vote.
¿Las instituciones No
electorales son
permanentes?

¿Qué atribuciones No cuenta con atribución de formación cívica

tienen las instituciones
electorales en temas de
formación cívica?