Timeline for Lodging Complaints

1. A complainant must file a complaint with an election commission within five days of the adoption of the decision, action, or failure to act in question, except in the cases specified in Parts 2 and 3 of this Article.

2. A complaint against a violation that occurred prior to the day of voting must be filed within the terms prescribed by Part 1 of this Article, but not later than at 22:00 of the day preceding the day of voting.

3. A complaint against a violation that occurred during the voting shall be filed with the respective precinct election commission no later than the end of the voting. A complaint against a decision, action, or inaction of an election commission, or members of a commission, that occurred on the day of voting or during the counting of votes at the election precinct, may be filed with the relevant district election commission within two days of the adoption of the decision, the performance of the action, or the failure to act.

4. A failure to act shall be deemed to have taken place on the last day when an action legally required to be taken could have been taken.

5. A complaint shall be deemed to have been filed on the day of its actual receipt by the election commission.

6. The time limit for filing a complaint shall not be extended or renewed, except that a complaint may be re-filed after it has been corrected or clarified no later than on the day following day of its return without consideration by the election commission in accordance with Part 2 Article 111 of this Law.

7. A complainant may change or clarify a complaint while it is under consideration based on new circumstances previously unknown to the complainant, and such changes or clarification shall not be deemed to be a new complaint and shall not be subject to the established time limit.