Political Constitution of Colombia (1991)

The National Election Commission shall regulate, inspect, supervise and control any electoral activity of the political parties and movements, the relevant citizen groups, their legal representatives, leadership and candidates, ensuring compliance with the principles and obligations which apply to them. It shall have the following special powers:

To exercise the supreme inspection, oversight and control of the electoral organization.

To introduce the National Registrar of the Civil Status into his/her office.

To examine and take the final decision on applications brought against the decisions of its delegates concerning general ballots and to declare the results of the elections and issue the corresponding certifications in these cases.

In addition, to review, of its own initiative or upon application, ballots and the electoral documents pertaining to them in each of the different stage of the administrative procedure of the election with the goal of guaranteeing the truthfulness of the election results.

To serve as consultative body of the government on matters within its competence, to propose constitutional reform and ordinary bills, and to recommend draft decrees.

To oversee compliance with the rules concerning political parties and movements and with the provisions regarding publicity and political opinion polls; the rights of the opposition and minorities; and the development of the electoral processes in the conditions of comprehensive guarantees.

To distribute the subsidies which an Act establishes for the funding of electoral campaigns and the safeguarding of the right of political participation of the citizens.

To count the votes in all national elections, to declare the results of the election, and to issue the certifications as appropriate.

To grant and to revoke the legal personality of the political parties and movements.

To regulate the participation of the political parties and movements in the social communications media of the State.

To cooperate in the realization of internal polls of the parties and movements for the taking of decisions and the selection of their candidates.

To decide on the removal of candidates to Public Bodies or popularly elected office from the electoral list where full evidence exists that they are disqualified from public office for one of the causes recognized by the Constitution or statute.

To draft its own rules of procedure.

Other powers that an Act may confer upon it.