Possibility to appeal
Austria
OSCE/ODIHRElection Assessment Mission Report Republic of Austria Presidential Elections25 April, 2010
“Challenges to the results of elections are made tothe Constitutional Court,and must be filed within a four-week period after the conclusion of theelectoral process. The appeal will only be granted if the challenge issubstantiated and the violation affected the outcome of the election. Therefore,individual voters cannot have their case considered on merits unless theinfraction has affected the outcome. This creates a situation whereby anindividual voter may prove that his/her electoral rights were violated and bedenied an effective remedy. ConstitutionalCourt decisions are final; meaning that in these cases there is nopossibility to appeal. No complaints were filed to the Constitutional Courtcontesting the results of this year’s election.
