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Article 160
 

1. The CEC, upon its own initiative or upon the request of electoral subjects, shall declare elections invalid in one or more voting centres when:


a) there have been violations of the law, which have seriously affected the electoral process, or when the entirety of the violations of the law in those voting centres, in accordance with this point, may have affected the electoral process to such an extent that the distribution of seats in the electoral zone may have been affected;
b) there have been natural disasters of such proportions that the participation of voters in the voting has been hindered; or
c) voting has not begun or has been suspended for more than five hours.


2. Electoral subjects, in compliance with the rules and the deadline specified in article 124 of this Code, have the right to request at the CEC the invalidation of elections in specific voting centres.


3. A request for the invalidation of elections shall include the legal causes, a description of cases of violation, and a detailed reasoning of their consequence.


4. Requests are examined in accordance with the procedures specified in Part X of this Code. The CEC, in taking a decision on the invalidity of elections, may consult with the respective CEAZ. The legal causes, the proved cases of violations, and the detailed reasoning of their consequence shall be described in the reasoning of the CEC decision.