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ARTICLE 10
 

Communication of electoral events


Communication of the electoral events of electoral organizations shall be governed by the following provisions:


a) Events of a general nature and others stipulated by law shall be published in the Official Journal or by electronic means and, if deemed appropriate, in any other daily papers of national circulation.


b) Decisions and rulings shall be informed by means of edicts, law courts, pigeonholes, fax, email or any other way that ensures the safety of the notification, according to the regulations established by the Tribunal in this regard.


c) Decisions and rulings in electoral matters shall be communicated to the interested party in the location or by the aforementioned means. In this respect, any person interested in its first processing or when informed of this by the electoral body, must accurately indicate the location or means for receiving notifications within the respective judicial district. Otherwise, twenty-four hours after pronouncements shall be deemed sufficient to constitute notification to interested party. The same shall apply if the selected means make it impossible to deliver the notification due to reasons beyond the control of the dispatch office, or if the specified location remains closed, is imprecise, uncertain or nonexistent.


d) Decisions that communicate any type of action in electoral matters must be personally notified to the person being served in their residence, place of work or by registered mail addressed to any of these locations without any prior processing. If there is no address available, it may be communicated by means of an edict published in the official gazette, La Gaceta. The previous statement does not imply the halting of other proceedings.


e) Cantonal boards shall notify their agreements by means of notices pasted on the doors of their work locations.


The provisions of Act No. 8687 and Judicial Notifications of December 4th, 2008 shall apply in a supplementary fashion with respect to formalities, requirements and nullities of notifications not included in this Article or in its Regulations.