Appeal proceedings should be as brief as possible in any case concerning decisions to be made before election day. On this point, two pitfalls must be avoided: first, that appeal proceedings delay the electoral process – or, as said earlier in the report, disrupt the electoral calendar, and second, that due to their lack of suspensive effect, decisions on appeals which could have been taken before, are taken after the elections. In addition, decisions on election results must not take too long.