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The Venice Commission and the OSCE/ODIHR have made a number of prior recommendations with respect to handling electoral complaints and appeals, as well as investigating and prosecuting electoral offenses.In particular, the OSCE/ODIHR recommended amending the Electoral Code to permit citizens, accredited citizen observers, and civil society groups to file complaints against decisions and actions of election commissions, unlawful conduct in campaigning, and election results; simplifying election-related complaints and appeals process; and allowing more time to prepare complaints and challenges to voting day violations and election results.Regulations related to complaints and appeals in the draft code retain most of the rules in the current code, and only partially address the relevant prior recommendations.