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The Code of Good Practice in Electoral Matters recommends a timeframe of between 3-5 days for the submission and adjudication of election-related complaints and appeals as an appropriate balance between respecting the right to seek legal remedy and providing timely and effective resolution of election disputes.In a positive step, the proposed amendments increase the unduly short adjudication time-limits for election commissions and courts of appeal: from two days to four days for DECs and from one day to two days for the CEC and appeal courts, essentially doubling these adjudication periods.In addition, the unduly short deadlines for submission of complaints to the CEC and for lodging appeals against CEC decisions to the Tbilisi City Court were increased from one to two days. While increasing these deadlines and time periods are an improvement, the above-noted extensions are not fully in line with international good practice as noted above – most falling short of the recommended minimum three-day submission and adjudication timeframe – and should therefore be further amended.