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Article 6
 

An appeal shall have been delivered to the deciding authority


1. in a matter as referred to in Section 3, items 1 and also 3 a and b: no later than within three weeks from the date on which public notice was given of the decision appealed against or, if public notice of the decision has not been given, within three weeks from the date when the appellant received the decision,


2. in a matter as referred to in Section 3, item 2: no later than on the Wednesday prior to the election day,


3. in a matter as referred to in Section 3, item 3 c: no later than within three weeks from the date when the appellant received the decision,


4. in a matter as referred to in Section 3, item 4: no earlier than on the day after the election and no later than within ten days after the election was concluded or, if the appeal relates to a decision concerning the appointment of new members or substitutes according to Chapter 14, Sections 18–24, within ten days after when the count was concluded.


It is the Election Review Board that determines whether appeals have been received in good time.