(1) During the operations for opening the outer envelopes and the inner envelopes, as well in what concerns the counting of the votes, objections can be filed by the persons attending these operations, the political parties, organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities, political or electoral alliances thereof, as well as by independent candidates.

(2) Objections shall be settled on the spot, through decision, by the electoral bureau for postal voting.

(3) Objections shall be submitted to the president of the electoral bureau for postal voting. These shall be drawn up in writing, in two copies, of which one, signed and stamped by the president, shall be kept by the dissenter.

(4) The political parties, organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities, political or electoral alliances thereof, as well as independent candidates, can file challenges concerning the decisions referred to in paragraph (2), as well as other operations performed by the electoral bureau for postal voting.

(5) The challenges referred to in paragraph (4) shall be filed with the constituency electoral bureau for the Romanian citizens domiciled or residing abroad and shall be settled by it, through final decision, within two days, at the most, from their registration.