Report of the Committees Election Committee
The CEC was established and tasked by Council with assisting the epi in implementing the first ever internet-based voting procedure for elections in Council to the committees under the epi.
These first internet-based elections were successfully held in the run-up to the 2023 autumn Council meeting in collaboration with the epi Secretariat and other bodies of the epi.
The election results were approved by Council during the autumn 2023 Council meeting.
In the spring of 2024, the internet-based voting procedure was also successfully used for the By-Elections leading up to the spring 2024 Council meeting.
The CEC, again in collaboration with the epi Secretariat, has been gathering and analyzing feedback and experiences from these first two internet-based voting procedures. Unsurprisingly, it has been found that improvements, both of technical and formal nature, can be made to the election process.
Therefore, the CEC are currently working along both a formal and a technical improvements track.
Given that the next General Election to committees is in the autumn of 2026 and that any amendments to the formal and procedural aspects of the internet-based election procedure must be approved by Council, the autumn 2024 focus of the CEC will primarily be on clarification and preparation of proposals to Council for formal amendments to the timeline and rules governing the internet-based election procedure. One aim of the proposed amendments will be to make the procedure around future internet-based elections smoother and less condensed timing-wise.
