Decisions on the validity of candidate lists before elections to the Althingi.

• As soon as the National Electoral Commission has completed its examination of the candidatures of political organisations, and no later than 24 hours after the expiry of the deadline for submitting candidatures, cf. Article 36, the Commission shall review the candidatures submitted and:

a. determine whether the political organisation has remedied any deficiencies identified in its respective candidate list, cf. Article 44, and the validity of the list in other respects,

b. decide, if needed, to which political organisations the candidate lists submitted for the election shall be deemed to belong,

c. mark the lists of the political organisations in accordance with the official notice of the letters of the alphabet applying to them; if a political organisation has more than one list in the same constituency, the lists shall be marked as A, AA …, B, BB …, etc., as appropriate,

d. ensure that lists that belong together, cf. point (b) of paragraph 2 of Article 39, are marked with the same alphabet letter in all constituencies.

e. check for consistency in the presentation and finishing details of candidate lists, including how the names of candidates are written, cf. paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 37.

• At a meeting to which the National Electoral Commission calls the agents of candidate lists, cf. paragraph 1 of Article 39, no later than three days (3 x 24 hours) and four hours after the expiry of the deadline for submitting candidatures, the Commission shall disclose its processing of individual candidate lists and announce its decisions, cf. paragraph 1. An agent may appeal a decision by the National Electoral Commission to the Election Appeal Committee, cf. Article 22, within 20 hours from receiving the decision. The Committee shall deliver its ruling within 48 hours after the expiry of the deadline for lodging complaints.