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Paragraph 46
 

Article 39.16 sets a time limit of no later than ten days prior to election day for the filing of complaints as to the decisions, actions or inactions of a Voter Register Maintenance Body. This is a sensible restriction which will avoid last minute applications and allow the appropriate electoral commission or court sufficient time to consider the application. However, it is noted that the deadline for filing a complaint has been increased from five days provided in the current law. If the five day deadline has not proven in past electoral processes to be overly burdensome, then it is not clear why this has been changed to ten days. There also appears to be a discrepancy within Article 30, which, after defining the time limit as ten days, states that “complaints submitted in eight days prior to election day shall be considered immediately.” The deadline for filing complaints should be clarified.