(Amended by Article 25 of Law 5980 on 8 April 2010)

Objections concerning the decision-making procedures of the polling station committees, their counting and listing of votes and their arrangement of protocols shall be addressed to the District Electoral Board.

These objections can be raised either to the Polling Station Committee in writing or verbally until the polling station results protocol is issued and signed by the chairman and members of the committee, or directly to the District Electoral Board in written until 15.00 hours on the Tuesday after election day.
There is no requirement to have first made an objection to the polling station committee to raise an objection at the district electoral board regarding the polling station procedures and operations.

The District Electoral Board takes the decision on the objections until 1700 hours on the second day following the day of filing the objection. If the applicant is present he/she is informed concerning the decision. Otherwise the decision is notified to the applicant in writing.

The District Electoral Boards cannot issue the combined protocol for the district before the deadline for objections has expired, or before the objections raised within this time limit are investigated and a decision is reached. The arrangement of the protocols in spite of this provision shall not be taken as the starting point for the periods specified in the Law for raising objections with the higher electoral boards.