The Code of good practice on referendums provides the following recommendations on appeals process:

"22. The appeal body’s minimum powers are specified, insofar as respect for free suffrage, and the results of the ballot are expressly mentioned. Other aspects specific to referendums and popular initiatives should be subject to judicial review, at least in the last instance: the completion of popular initiatives and requests for referendums from a section of the electorate, along with the procedural and, where applicable, substantive validity of texts submitted to a referendum."