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Paragraph 119
 

Reasoning of decisions on electoral complaints or appeals is a necessity to guarantee the verifiability of the decision and the recourse to a remedy against the decision, if applicable. Due to the urgency of election dispute resolution systems, especially relating to decisions made, actions committed or inactions on election day, i.e. concerning pre-opening, voting and counting procedures, the resolutions cannot be reasoned in detail to a large extent. The necessary promptness of the proceedings may outweigh the requirement of a detailed reasoning. Still, a short reasoning both in fact and in law is required.