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changed the way that the Central Electoral Council was appointed; it stated that the three members of the Council would be chosen by the Legislative Assembly, with one each being chosen from slates proposed by the three political parties or coalitions with the largest vote share in the last
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The IFES report also recommended that El Salvador institute a new unitary document for voter registration and identification, which it called at the time a Citizens Voting and Identification Document (
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maintained the same structure. However, this structure was criticised as leading to electoral processes falling under the control of the executive branch, and led to accusations of political bias.
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In April 2020, the Court announced plans to continue the 2021 elections to schedule, with additional measures put in place to ensure voters and polling staff would not be put in danger by the
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establishes that "there will be a Supreme Electoral Court which will be formed of five Judges, who will remain on the Court for five years and will be chosen by the
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In 2019, Dora Esmeralda Martínez de Barahona, was chosen as the first woman President of the Court, after being proposed by the
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presidential elections. This is the same set of procedures taken for the three political members of the Court today.
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On 30 July 2019, the members of the Supreme Electoral Court for the period 2019-2024 were announced as per below.
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5,000,000 to put these measures in place. This funding would be additional to the existing
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Original copy of the 1983 Constitution of El Salvador without amendments
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45,000,000 approved by the Legislative Assembly for the 2021 elections.
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In April 1991, during the negotiations between the government of
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Election Observation El Salvador, March 20 - April 24, 1994
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Voters in El Salvador voting at a polling station in 2019
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of El Salvador established a Central Electoral Council (
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Dora Esmeralda Martínez de Barahona, Presiding judge
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