1. At the conclusion of the actions specified in article 135 of this Code, the CEC invites the parties to submit their claims and:

a) to provide explanations about the requests specified in the complaint;
b) to demonstrate the facts and evidence on which their claims rest. The types of the evidence are provided for in the Civil Procedure Code; and
c) to request the acquisition of evidence to prove facts, if the preliminary provision of this evidence was impossible for them, while submitting at the same time the reasons why it was not possible for them to secure this evidence.

2. After the submission of the claims of the parties, the CEC, at the request of each of them or on its own initiative, may decide to receive other evidence when it considers it to be useful for reaching a judgement.

3. The request to obtain evidence, in accordance with letter “c” of point 1 of this article, when endorsed by two CEC members and when the evidence is administered only by the CEC, is accepted immediately without being subjected to debate or voting at the CEC. The CEC is bound to proceed immediately with receiving and examining the requested evidence.

4. The CEC may refuse a request of the complainant or of the interested party to obtain evidence, under letter “c” of point 1 and point 2 of this article, only if it considers that the evidence does not serve the purpose of proving the facts claimed. The CEC’s reasoning for refusing to receive evidence shall be provided in detail in its final decision. The CEC cannot refuse a request for evidence made in accordance with point 3 of this article.

5. The submission of the claims of the parties begins with the complainant and continues with the interested parties, in the order decided by the CEC Chair. This order is retained during the entire proceeding.

6. Regardless of the specifications made in this article, when the CEC assesses that a fact, circumstance or event has occurred, it shall be accepted as evidence regardless of it not being recorded in any electoral document.