§20943 Membership of Standards Board

Summary

Creates a 110-member Standards Board made of 55 state election officials and 55 local election officials. Each State’s chief election official picks the State member. Local election officials in each State pick one local representative under a process run by that chief. This includes Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. For the District of Columbia, Guam, and American Samoa, the chief election official sets how the local member is chosen, and that person cannot be in the same political party as the chief. The two members from the same State cannot belong to the same party. Within 90 days after October 29, 2002, each chief State election official must send the names of their two picks to the chair of the Federal Election Commission (FEC). The FEC chair then publishes a certification of the appointments. If a State misses the deadline, it cannot help pick the initial Executive Board. Within 60 days after the last possible certification day, the Standards Board must choose nine members for an Executive Board. No more than five may be State officials, five may be local officials, or five from the same party. Executive Board members serve 2-year terms and may serve up to 3 consecutive terms. At first, three members are chosen by lot to serve 1 term, three to serve 2 terms, and three to serve 3 terms. When the Election Assistance Commission is formed, it takes over the FEC’s duties under these rules.