§ Article 74Consideration of applications/complaints about counting votes and summarising polling results

Consideration of applications/complaints about counting votes and summarising polling results

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1. A DEC secretary shall, upon the receipt of an application/complaint referred to in Article 73 of this Law, register the application/complaint in the
DEC registration book. The commission shall review the application/complaint and make a decision within two days after its registration with the DEC.
The DEC shall deliver a decision by issuing a decree that may be appealed only in court under this Law.

2. If the procedure for submission of information referred to in paragraph 2(a-d) of Article 72 of this Law is not met, the respective official who is in
charge of receiving applications/complaints in an election commission shall identify the omission for the applicant/complainant and define a reasonable
term for its rectification. The commission secretary shall make a respective note thereof in the commission registration book. The note shall be signed
by the applicant/complainant and the respective official of the commission. Unless the omission is rectified within the period defined, the respective
election commission shall apply the procedure referred to in the fifth paragraph of this article.

3. The applicant/complainant shall have the right to rectify any omission within the period established by an authorised official of the election
commission by submitting a similar application/complaint about the violation where the grounds for the omission shall be eliminated and/or the
applicant shall submit an application specifying the data of the determined omission.

4. If the omission is rectified, a respective note shall be made in the registration book of the election commission specifying the exact time and date of
rectification, and it shall be signed by the person rectifying the omission and the respective official of the commission.

5. An application/complaint submitted in violation of the procedures referred to in Articles 72 and 73 of this Law and the third and fourth paragraphs of
this article shall not be considered upon a decision made by the respective election commission.

Organic Law of Georgia No 2093 of 7 March 2014 – website, 14.3.2014