The competent bodies, mainly either election commissions or courts, should also have short deadlines (three to five days as well) for adjudicating electoral complaints and appeals, for the same reason that voters, candidates, political parties and other potential complainants have short deadlines for lodging complaints, i.e. the necessity to ensure continuous and smooth electoral processes.130 However, judges also face challenges to fulfil their duties in time either due to complaints not lodged in line with the required procedure, or because they do not have enough time to issue reflected decisions.