The Central Election Commission (CEC) handles election-related affairs at all levels. These affairs include recalls, referendums, defining constituency boundaries, financial assistance to candidates and political parties, as well as the drafting, revision and abolishment of election-related regulations.
The CEC is mainly responsible for handling the presidential and legislative elections as well as the city government elections in the nation's five municipalities. But the actual administration of Taiwan's elections at lower levels, such as cities and counties, is the responsibility of those respective levels.
The CEC is under the supervision of the Cabinet. It has 11 to 19 commissioners nominated by the premier and approved by the president. The CEC's head is appointed directly by the president.
To ensure impartiality, no more than two-fifths of the commissioners can come from any one political party. Meanwhile, no more than one-half of the people making up any CEC body can come from the same political party. In addition, all levels the organization include independents.