Art. 264
The National Election Commission shall be composed of nine (9) members elected by the Congress of the Republic in plenary session for an institutional period of four (4) years, in accordance with the system of the distributing number and on the basis of proposals submitted by the political parties or movements with legal personality or by coalitions formed between them. Its members shall be civil servants exclusively dedicated to the duties of their office, shall have the same qualifications, disabilities, incompatibilities, and rights as the magistrates of the Supreme Court of Justice.
The contentious administrative jurisdiction shall decide the electoral nullity action within the maximum period of one (1) year.
If in accordance with an Act there is only one court instance, the period for the decision may not exceed six (6) months.
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