Who may file a complaint?

Election Law, 2014

http://iec.org.af/pdf/legalframework/law/electorallaw_eng.pdf

Filing and Recording Objection and Complaint

Article 63:

(1) Natural and legal persons may, within 48 hours ofthe publication of the preliminary list of candidates, file objections inregard to their ineligibility.

(2) A candidate and or his/her agent may file acomplaint during voting, counting and or within 48 hours after the Election Dayin the center and provinces. The provincial complaint commissions are obligedto finalize and publish the results of their investigations in regard to thesecomplaints within 10 days following the Election Day.

(3) In case the complainant candidate may not besatisfied with the decision of the provincial complaint commission, he/she maypersonally or through his/her authorized representative file a writtenobjection with the Central Complaint Commission within 72 hours after thepublication of the decision.

(4) The Central Complaint Commission is obliged tore-investigate the instances of the objection over the decision of itsprovincial commissions’ decisions in the light of the documents and evidence,and issue its final decision.

(5) The Central Complaint Commission shall not delay adjudicationof the complaints and challenges filed against the decisions of its provincialcommissions for more than a month after the Election Day.

(6) In case the time determined in the paragraphs 1, 2and 3 of this article coincides with holidays, the hours of the holidays shallbe deducted from the time determined.