Article 101. Consideration procedure of individualsʼ and legal entitiesʼ appeals by election commissions

Election commissions are obliged, within the limits of their competence, to consider appeals received by them during the election campaign from individuals and legal entities regarding violations of the requirements of this Code or other issues related to the organization of elections, with the exception of complaints about the actions and decisions of election commissions, to conduct checks on these appeals and provide written responses within three days, and immediately on appeals received less than six days before the elections or on voting day.

Appeals must be registered in the register book.

The chairperson of the election commission shall convene and hold a meeting of the relevant commission within the time period established by the present Code to consider the application and take a decision on it. Interested persons may be invited to the meeting.

An appeal received by an election commission whose powers do not include resolving the issues raised, in accordance with the procedure established by law, shall be sent to the relevant authorities with a notification of this to the person who sent the appeal.

Members of election commissions, who have considered the appeal, must inform the person who submitted the application on the results of consideration and the decision taken.