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Article 99
 

Doubts, challenges, protests and counter-protests


1 - Any elector who is registered at a polling station and any of the delegates for lists may raise doubts and lodge written challenges, protests or counter-protests regarding that station’s electoral operations and may attach the documents he sees fit thereto.
2 - The board of officers may not refuse to receive the challenges, protests and counter-protests, and must initial them and attach them to the minutes.
3 - The challenges, protests and counter-protests must be the object of a decision by the board of officers, who may take it at the end if they believe that this will not affect the normal pursuit of the voting.
4 - All the board of officers’ decisions shall be taken by an absolute majority of the members who are present, the grounds for them shall be given, and the presiding officer shall have a casting vote.