Other procedural issues involve ensuring the right to a fair trial in electoral matters and the effectiveness of the appeal system, which includes the necessity of providing legal guarantees regarding evidence and the possibility of hearing parties contesting an election-related decision. The emphasis must also be put on the transparency of election dispute resolution systems, by ensuring procedures devoid of formalism. The importance of reasoned and substantive decisions must be underlined, despite the requirement of making the procedures of examination of electoral complaints and appeals short.