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Article 70
 

§ 70. Procedure for filing complaint against act of division committee and for review of complaint

(1) If an individual, a candidate or a political party (hereinafter interested person) finds that an act of a division committee violates his or her rights, the person may file a complaint with the county electoral committee.

(2) The complaint shall be filed with the county electoral committee within three days as of the act prescribed in subsection (1) of this section being performed.

(3) The county electoral committee shall review the complaint and adopt a resolution within three working days as of receipt of the complaint. The county electoral committee shall promptly communicate the resolution to the complainant.

(4) The complaint shall be reviewed in public. The county electoral committee shall inform the complainant of the date and place of review of the complaint.

(5) The county electoral committee shall adopt one of the following resolutions:

1) to dismiss the complaint;

2) to satisfy the complaint;

3) to satisfy the complaint partially.

(6) If a county electoral committee satisfies the complaint, the committee may decide:

1) to suspend the activities of a member of a division committee who has violated the law;

2) to declare an act of a division committee unlawful and to issue a precept to the division committee for elimination of the violation;

3) to make a proposal to the National Electoral Committee to declare the voting results in the polling division invalid and to hold a repeat vote in the polling division if the violation significantly affected or could have significantly affected the voting results.