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Article 130
 

(1st Article of Law 2234, amended on 17 May 1979.) The objections against the decisions of Provincial Electoral Boards are raised as follows:


1- Objections against the decisions of a Provincial Electoral Board, rejecting objections concerning its own operations, have to be raised within three days from the notification or pronouncement of such decision;


2- Objections concerning the formation of these boards have to be raised within three days following the formation,


3- Objections against the decisions concerning the procedures of the voting day have to be raised immediately,


4- Objections against other decisions have to be raised within three days after the notification of the decision, not later than 1700 hours on the third day following the issuance of the combined minute for that province,


5- Objections against the counting and sorting out of votes have to be raised not later than 1700 hours on the third day following the issuance of the combined minute for that province,


6- Objections against the eligibility or against the candidates those are not elected but delivered a minute or against the events those may affect the election results, have to be raised not later than 1700 hours on the third day following the issuance of minute which will be delivered to the elected candidates.


Persons stated in the 110th Article may express their objections directly or via the Provincial Electoral Boards to the Supreme Board of election as stated above.


In case the committees authorized to take definite decisions on the results of the elections, decide on the effectiveness of the objections concerning the facts those may change the results of the elections, raised by provincial leaders or by the headquarters of political parties or by independent candidates within 7 days after the issuance of the protocol; if the previous decisions taken at lower levels are definite or have become definite or if the application was not made within the time-limit or in compliance with the hierarchal chain, this is not considered as a reason to discard or not to investigate such objections.


These objections are raised in written. The objection application have to contain the name and the address of the opposer, and a statement expressing the nature of the alleged facts and the ground for objection and their evidence, providing the related documents. If such documents are not present, then their origin, the place where they might be available and the conditions of obtaining them have to be stated.


However after the candidature is finalized it is not possible to raise objection, excluding the cases claiming that the candidate is not a Turkish citizen, or he/she is younger than the age stated by law, or he/she is illiterate, or he/she has convictions that results with the loss of eligibility for elections. This provision is applied for extraordinary objections as well.


Pledges which do not cover these conditions are refused.