Procedures for drawing up and submitting applications/complaints on polling day

1. An application/complaint shall be delivered to the PEC chairperson, his/her deputy, or the secretary of the commission. The commission secretary shall register the application/complaint in the log-book and send a notice (signed by the secretary) to the applicant/complainant specifying the date, time, and registration number of the application/complaint submitted to the commission.

2. An application/complaint shall include:

a) the date and time of drawing up the application/complaint;

b) the first name, last name, and place of registration of the applicant/complainant;

c) the number of the electoral precinct;

d) if there is a witness – his/her first name, last name, and place of registration;

e) the essence and time of the violation;

f) if an offender is identified – all possible data obtained about him/her;

g) an explanation by the offender (if any);

h) other additional information.

3. The PEC chairperson shall immediately respond to the application/complaint and eliminate any existing violation. If the PEC chairperson fails to eliminate the violation, or otherwise refuses to respond to the application/complaint, an observer/representative of an electoral subject or another observer of the same observer organisation/another representative of the electoral subject shall have the right to immediately appeal the above violation to the respective DEC.

4. If the violation specified in the application/complaint is eliminated, the following record – ‘violation eliminated’ shall be entered in the log-book and the exact time shall be specified therein.

Organic Law of Georgia No 3269 of 21 July 2018 – website, 27.7.2018