Applications and complaints about violation of polling and vote counting procedures

1. An application/complaint about a violation of polling procedure in an electoral precinct shall be drafted immediately upon identifying any violation of this Law as defined by Article 72 of this Law, from 7:00 until a ballot box is opened on polling day.

2. An application/complaint about violations that occurred during the procedure of counting votes or summarising polling results and requesting a revision or annulment of polling results shall be drawn up within the period from opening a ballot box until drafting a summary protocol of polling results as defined by Article 72 of this Law.

3. A PEC secretary shall register the application/complaint referred to in the second paragraph of this article in a log-book. The PEC shall forward the application/complaint to the higher DEC within two days after the polling day (according to the procedure contained in this Law for submitting documents to DECs). The applicant/complainant may submit their application/complaint about the same violation directly to the DEC within the same time frame.