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Paragraph 109
 

Whereas provisions governing election dispute resolution systems proper to election administrations’ decisions, actions, and inactions are stated in electoral laws and other relevant laws, general administrative procedure rules contained in other pieces of legislation may also be applicable concerning the burden of proof, the right to submit evidence or other procedural guarantees in the context of electoral processes. For instance, in some countries, the disputes related to voter registration are solved in a procedure provided for the complaints concerning the civil register in general. Thus, the applicable procedure might not be found in electoral legislation. Similarly, the appeal procedure before a court – an administrative or constitutional court, or an equivalent body – is usually not stipulated in electoral laws, but more often in laws on courts’ procedures.