25. The Venice Commission has also previously underscored the issue of campaign costs. If the electoral campaign had already started before the extraordinary circumstances occurred, the candidates and political parties might already have spent considerable sums on their campaign activities. If this is so, then rather than postponing the elections and so requiring the candidates to begin campaigning from the beginning again, it might be better to continue the electoral processes (if possible) to avoid further adverse effects and monetary duties for the stakeholders.20