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Article 142
 

Calling a repeat voting for elections of the Councils of Elders of communities held through the proportional electoral system, declaring the election results as invalid or the elections as void



1.Where in the course of elections, such violations of this Code have taken place that might have affected the election results, the relevant electoral commission shall adopt a decision on holding a repeat voting in separate electoral precincts, if it is possible to remedy these violations by such measure. Where it is impossible to remedy these violations by such measure, the elections of the Council of Elders shall be declared as invalid, and a repeat voting for the elections of the Council of Elders shall be called. 




2.Where in the course of repeat voting for elections of the Council of Elders or in the course of holding a repeat voting in separate electoral precincts, such violations of this Code have taken place that might have affected the election results, the relevant electoral commission shall adopt a decision on declaring as invalid the elections of the Council of Elders and shall call a repeat voting for the elections of the Council of Elders. 




3.Where the electoral commission adopts a decision on holding a repeat voting in separate electoral precincts, the repeat voting shall be held on the 7th day following the adoption of this decision. In this case, the time limits prescribed by this Code for summarisation of the results of elections of the Council of Elders shall be calculated from the day of repeat voting. 




4.The decision adopted based on the results of elections of the Council of Elders may be appealed against before the Administrative Court. 




5.In case of declaring as invalid the elections of the Council of Elders, no earlier than 14 days and no later than 21 days following the entry into force of the decision thereon, a repeat voting shall be held as prescribed by this Code and with the same composition of political parties.  




6.Repeat voting shall be held once. In case the elections are declared as invalid after the repeat voting, the relevant electoral commission shall call a new election within a 21-day period. New election shall be held by new nomination of candidates in the manner and within the time limits prescribed by this Code for early elections.  




7.The decision prescribed by point 5 of part 1 and point 5 of part 2 of Article 141 of this Code shall be adopted, where: 




(1)necessary number of electors has not voted for the only political party (alliance of political parties) having been voted on; 




(2)the only political party having been voted on has been liquidated until the summarisation of election results;  




(3)activities of the only political party having been voted on have been suspended or prohibited until the summarisation of election results. 




8.In case elections are declared as void under part 7 of this Article, the relevant electoral commission shall call a new election within a period of 21 days. The new election shall be held upon new nomination of candidates, in the procedure and within the time limits prescribed by this Code for early elections.