It is noted that elections are a traditional way of forming government bodies in democratic states, on the legality of which the legitimacy of elected persons depends. Legitimacy depends on public confidence in electoral institutions, including electoral bodies. It has been established that this legitimacy is ensured through the institution of constitutional and legal responsibility of electoral bodies. The definition of such constitutional and legal responsibility was presented, an analysis of the approaches existing in foreign states to the establishment of measures of constitutional and legal responsibility of election commissions was carried out. The dualism of understanding of the constitutional and legal responsibility of electoral bodies in the scientific literature is stated. It was revealed that the establishment of collective responsibility of the electoral body is extremely rare in electoral legislation, but it is found in Russia and Mexico. In some states, the mechanism of constitutional and legal responsibility of electoral bodies is implemented by Ad Hoc and is used to resolve political crises that have arisen. In particular, such a mechanism was provided in Kenya and Libya. It is concluded that the measures of constitutional and legal responsibility of electoral bodies are applied in foreign states, as a rule, Ad hoc and are established by normative constitutional treaties. Such measures often serve as a mechanism for resolving political crises, rather than a standardized rule for organizing the electoral system. It is emphasized that as a result of the analysis of existing approaches, it is advisable to establish additional measures of constitutional and legal responsibility of electoral bodies in Russian electoral legislation, including the suspension of their activities

constitutional and legal responsibility, election commissions, disbandment of commissions, suspension of the activities of commissions, responsibility, organization of state power, electoral system, electoral law

Fomenko Andrey Aleksandrovich – Applicant for the Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law, Faculty of State Law and National Security, Baikal State University (11, Lenin st., Irkutsk, 664003, Russian Federation), ORCID: 0009-0001-1023-9547, e-mail: fomenko86@gmail.com

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