Registration of administrative complaints by the CEC

(amended by Law No. 74/2012, dated 19 July 2012)

1. Administrative complaints shall be deposited at the headquarters of the CEC.

The CEC shall create and keep a special register for the registration of administrative complaints. The Register of Electoral Complaints shall be valid only for on-going elections.

2. The Register of Electoral Complaints shall contain:

a) the ordinal number of the administrative complaint;

b) the date and time when the complaint was submitted;

c) the complaining subject;

ç) the object of the complaint;

d) the number and type of documents attached to the administrative complaint.

3. After annotations have been made in the register, the complaining subject shall receive from the CEC an attestation, which bears evidence of the delivery and receipt of the administrative complaint. 4. The CEC shall not refuse, for any reason, to record administrative complaints.

5. The Register of Electoral Complaints shall only serve for the current elections. The Register of Electoral Complaints for the current elections is opened no later than 24 hours from the declaration of the final result of previous elections. Administrative complaints related to partial elections held between two general elections are also recorded in this register.