There are no clear international standards as to whether election results may be annulled after formal deadlines for filing complaints and appeals have expired and the results have been verified. If evidence of election manipulation comes to light after the process is complete (and the elected body has begun its work), there could be grounds to revise the decision validating the election results and organise a new election. While disputes decided in a court of last resort may not be opened without convincing arguments,37 democratic governance is not possible if elections are manipulated. The legislation should enable constitutional courts or other bodies in charge of validating elections to decide whether to review decisions to verify election results on the basis of evidence that is not available in a timely manner, including, for example, evidence collected by citizen election observers, the final assessment of which often occurs after the conclusion of the legal process and the verification of the election results.38