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In the case of cancelled elections in Kyrgyzstan in 2020, the impact of the challenged constitutional law on the rights of voters could be more severe than in cases of simple postponement: not only have the elections been postponed, but the electoral procedure under way has also been suspended and the date postponed. Suspension and postponement are connected, but still separate from conceptual point of view. Suspension may require a stricter scrutiny, since it entails an abrupt interruption of an ongoing democratic procedure, with an electoral campaign already in act and with voters’ expectations of renovation of the composition of the Parliament already elicited.