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 paragraph 2 of this article in a log-book. The PEC/PEC chairperson shall immediately respond appropriately to the application/complaint and eliminate any existing violation. If the PEC and/or the PEC chairperson fail to eliminate the violation, or otherwise refuse 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 appeal the action of the PEC/PEC chairperson to the respective DEC within 2 days. The DEC shall review the application/complaint within two days after it is received.

Organic Law of Georgia No 2093 of 7 March 2014 – website, 14.3.2014
Organic Law of Georgia No 3269 of 21 July 2018 – website, 27.7.2018