Financial regulations: Subsidiary rules to the legislation often set by the electoral body or the Ministry in charge of the financial management of the public sector governing financial management issues. Electoral claiming: Claims presented by the different electoral actors over the procedures of disputes resolution in the scope of the electoral process as far as decisions, actions, or absence of actions by electoral administrators or other participant in the electoral process are concerned. Resolution of electoral dispute: Process of listening and judgment of every complaint, suspicion, claim or contestation related to any stage of the electoral process. Secretariat: Unit under the NEC in the independent model and the mixed model of electoral management, which includes NEC workers, in charge of the implementation of decisions taken by the NEC. In the governmental model of electoral management, the secretariat is usually the only component of the NEC and can also take the function of policies making. General secretariat: Expression often used to refer to the head of the NEC secretariat, who can be or not a member of the NEC. Party emblem: A figure or the identification sign given to a candidate or a political party based on the electoral law. Electoral system: Group of rules and procedures which provide for the electorate the vote and which translate these votes into seats for the parties and parliamentary candidates. Electoral tribunal: Court of Justice or other bodies before which and electoral actor can challenge the validity of an election, or challenge 251