As a starting point, the Venice Commission underlines that elections are aimed to produce an electoral result that will “ensure the free expression of the opinion of the people”, according to Article 3 of Protocol No. 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Given the serious consequences of the ex-post annulment of an election, the discretion of the judge considering election matters should be guided and limited by conditions set out in the law. In this connection, attention is drawn to a previous general recommendation by the Venice Commission – which remains valid – to improve the legislation on annulment of election results.