§20923 Membership and appointment

Summary

The Commission will have four members. The President picks them and the Senate must approve them. Before the first appointments and before filling any vacancy, the Senate Majority Leader, the Speaker of the House, the Senate Minority Leader, and the House Minority Leader must each send the President a recommended candidate for each vacancy tied to the vacancy’s political party. Each member must have experience in running elections or studying elections. All appointments had to be made no later than 120 days after October 29, 2002. Members normally serve 4-year terms and may be reappointed once. For the first group, the President must name two for 2-year terms and two for 4-year terms, with no more than one of those two from the same party. Vacancies are filled the same way, successors serve the rest of the term, and a member stays on until a successor takes office. The Commission picks a chair and vice chair from its members for 1-year terms; they cannot be from the same party, and each member may serve as chair and as vice chair only once during their appointment. Members are paid at Executive Schedule level IV and may not hold any other job while serving; they must end or sell any business or employment before they begin.