What is the JEMB?
The Joint Electoral Management Body (JEMB) is an independent electoral authority of 14 members. It comprises the nine-member Independent Election Commission (IEC), appointed by President Hamid Karzai and four international electoral experts designated by the United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA). The Chief Electoral Officer, who heads the JEMB Secretariat, is a non-voting member of the JEMB.