The complaint and appeals procedure is as follows. First, a political party, electoral block or registered local observer organization has the right to appeal to the CEC to consider the deregistration of a party or electoral block; the decision of the CEC can be appealed to the Tbilisi City Court in the first instance; and the decision of the Tbilisi City Court can in turn be appealed to the Court of Appeals. As appeals for the deregistration of a party or electoral block can be made up to two days after the elections, the decision may be taken after the votes have been cast. This is worrying, since voters might in good faith vote for a party which may then end up being deregistered. Moreover, the appeals deadlines for the deregistered parties (two days at each instance) are excessively short, whereas the Code of Good Practice in Electoral Matters provides for three to five days at first instance.