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Article 10
 

Appeals against decisions on objections

(1) The party making the objection, as well as the person affected by the decision, may lodge a written appeal against a decision in accordance with § 9, para 1, with the municipality,  within two weeks after service of the decision. The municipality shall notify the other party in the appeal proceedings of the appeal filed, within two weeks, indicating that he/she is free to examine the appeal and to comment on the reasons of the appeal, within two weeks of receiving the notification.

(2) Outside Vienna, the district electoral authority shall decide on the appeal; in Vienna, the provincial electoral authority shall take the decision.  § 7 of the General Administrative Proceedings Act shall be applied. Any further appeals are inadmissible.

(3) § 7, paras 3 and 4, and § 9, paras 2 and 3, shall apply.