Loophole Allows Lucrative, Open-Ended IEBC Selection Panel
• IEBC selection panel appointed in February 2023 to recruit next IEBC commissioners; panel members earn lucrative daily allowances • Law doesn't specify timeline for selection panel to complete work, so they could serve for years • Lack of IEBC commissioners impacts by-elections, boundary delimitation, and policy reviews • Majority Leader acknowledges loophole in law, promises amendments to set selection panel timeline • Without IEBC commissioners, deadline to delimit constituencies by March 2024 will be missed