Sub-score (0-100). Question no. 21. In practice, the agency/agencies mandated to organize and monitor national elections is/are protected from political interference.

A 100 score is earned where all the following conditions are met:
1) appointees are disciplined/removed only through due process by a peer panel/oversight body, and
2) appointees are not removed when a new administration takes power.

A 50 score is earned where any of the following conditions apply:
1) appointees are occasionally disciplined/removed/transferred without following due process by a peer panel/oversight body, or
2) appointees are occasionally removed when a new administration takes power.

A 0 score is earned where at least one of the following conditions apply:
1) appointees are usually disciplined/removed without following due process, or the due process is so weak it doesn't support independence (e.g. members of the Executive or Legislative branches are part of the panel that conducts the due process), or
2) appointees are usually removed when a new administration takes power.