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Article 80
 

(1) The appeal shall be addressed to the election committee having adopted the resolution contested (appeals against the decision of the ballot counting committee to the election committee entitled to adjudge the case).
(2) The appeal shall be submitted in such fashion that it is received by the election committee defined in paragraph (1) the latest in three days from the adoption of the resolution contested.
(3) Appeals against the election committee's decision regarding the approval of the data content of the ballot paper shall be submitted in such fashion that it is received the latest on the day following the decision of the election committee. The election committee adjudging the appeal will decide the case the latest on the day following the submission of the appeal.
(4) The appeal shall contain
a) the grounds of the appeal pursuant to Section § 79 (2),
b) the name, address (seat) and, if it is different from the address (seat), the postal notify address of the person having submitted the appeal,
c) either the fax number or the electronic e-mail address, or the delivery agent's name and fax number or electronic e-mail address of the person submitting the appeal within his/her own discretion.
(5) In the appeal new facts or evidences may be also brought up.
(6) The appeal may be withdrawn until the adoption of the election committee's resolution; however, the election committee may continue the procedure ex officio.
(7) The appeal together with all of its documents shall be addressed on the day it is received to the election committee entitled to adjudge it. When submitting the appeal, the election committee acting as a body of first instance may make a statement on its standpoint taken on the appeal.