§20943 Membership of Standards Board

Summary

Creates a Standards Board with 110 members: 55 state election officials chosen by each chief state election official, and 55 local election officials chosen under a state-supervised process. Local picks include Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands. For the District of Columbia, Guam, and American Samoa, the chief state election official must set a way to pick the local member, and that person cannot be in the same political party as the chief official. The two people from the same State must be from different political parties. Each chief state election official must send the names of their two appointees to the Federal Election Commission chair within 90 days after October 29, 2002. The FEC chair then certifies the appointments. If a State misses the deadline, its representatives cannot take part in choosing the initial Executive Board. When the Election Assistance Commission is appointed, it takes over the FEC’s role here. Within 60 days after the last possible certification, the Standards Board must pick a nine-member Executive Board. No more than five members may be state officials, no more than five may be local officials, and no more than five may be from the same party. Executive Board members serve 2-year terms and may serve up to 3 consecutive terms. For the first Executive Board, three members will serve 1 term, three will serve 2 terms, and three will serve 3 terms. The Executive Board may do duties the full Standards Board gives it.