Electoral disputes

1. Electoral disputes shall mean the examination of complaints, requests and reports of persons (hereinafter collectively: ‘complaints’) concerning the violations of this Code. The Central Electoral Commission shall establish the procedure for the examination of complaints in electoral committees.

2. The electoral committees referred to in Article 19 shall examine the electoral disputes within their competence and the territory covered.

1) The Central Electoral Commission shall: a) examine all electoral disputes outside the period of political campaign, as well as electoral disputes which fall outside the competence of a constituency, municipality or district electoral committee during the political campaign; b) examine electoral disputes involving two or more constituencies during the political campaign, where it is necessary to ensure their equal examination;

2) the constituency and municipal electoral committees shall: a) examine electoral disputes arising during the electoral campaign and relating to violations of this Code committed on the territory of the electoral constituency and which fall outside the competence of the polling district electoral committee; b) examine electoral disputes involving two or more polling stations during the political campaign, where it is necessary to ensure their equal examination;
3) the polling district committee shall:

a) during the electoral campaign, examine disputes concerning the entry of a voter on the electoral roll of a polling district or concerning errors established in the electoral roll;

b) examine electoral disputes regarding the buildings housing polling stations of the polling district;

c) examine electoral disputes concerning the voting procedure in the polling station.

3. In the cases set out in this Code and other laws, decisions of electoral committees may be appealed against to the court.