The Jersey Electoral Authority (JEA) acts as a politically neutral and independent arbiter to determine candidate disputes and complaints.
The remit of the JEA also includes addressing any conduct issues amongst candidates and overseeing election expenditure by candidates; and it has responsibilities in setting the nomination period for elections to the States Assembly. The JEA operates in accordance with the Elections (Jersey) Law 2002.
The JEA was established in 2022 in response to recommendations contained within the Commonwealth Parliamanetary Association (CPA) Electoral Observer’s Mission Report published after the 2018 election.
A detailed report was published by the JEA following the 2022 election explaining more about their role in the election process. Read the Report of the Jersey Electoral Authority to the Privileges and Procedures Committee of the States Assembly.
The JEA consists of four ordinary members drawn from the Island’s population by open recruitment, a representative of the Island’s twelve Parishes, the Greffier of the States and the Judicial Greffier. One of the ordinary members acts as Chair. Current Members of the Jersey Electoral Authority are:
- Mr. Michael Marett-Crosby – Chair
- Mr. Johannes Martinson
- Advocate Matthew Swan
- Mr. Christian Gott
- Mrs. Beverley Corley (Electoral Administrator representative)
- Mrs. Rebecca Morley-Kirk, Judicial Greffier (ex officio member)
- Mrs. Lisa Hart, Greffier of the State (ex officio member)
To contact the JEA, email [email protected].
