Only a few respondents provided information as to who may lodge appeals. As is the case for national referendums, this right may be conferred on any member of the electorate (Czech Republic, Hungary, Malta, Russia, Switzerland), or it may be confined to bodies or groups of voters entitled to propose the holding of a referendum (Bulgaria). In Portugal, in the a priori scrutiny, the standing to lodge appeals belongs (compulsorily) to the president of the municipal assembly; in an a posteriori scrutiny, it includes every voter (for his or her polling station), but in particular parties or groups having participated in the campaign.