The problem of the legal status of electoral commissions as organs of the public administration of elections in post-Soviet countries

Abstract

The article analyses the current practice of forming election commissions and the way they fulfill their tasks as a part of public administration. The tasks and functions of the state in the sphere of elections administration are identified. The state shapes the legal status of electoral commissions and their members. This status requires the professional performance by the commissions’ members involving attaining the position of public officer. The article focuses on solving this problem in Ukraine.
It is argued that the foreign experience of developing electoral commissions as bodies of public administration could be adapted to Ukrainian realities.