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Until the adoption of the 1925 constitution, the
fairness of
the electoral process was determined by Congress itself.
Because of
widespread abuses engendered by the system, the
constitutional
reformers of the time created the Electoral Certification
Tribunal
(Tribunal de Certificación Electoral--TCE), drawn by lots
from a
group of distinguished public figures, primarily jurists,
who would
evaluate the integrity of the electoral process and rule
on
particular challenges. The 1980 constitution preserves the
TCE,
specifying that its members include three ministers or
former
ministers of the Supreme Court chosen by the Supreme Court
through
a secret ballot, a lawyer also elected by the Supreme
Court, and a
former president of the Senate or Chamber of Deputies who
has held
that post for no fewer than three years. The TCE's duties
and
responsibilities are defined by an organic constitutional
law (Law
18,460).
Data as of March 1994
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