First instance body dealing with electoral disputes

Latvia

Latvia

Answer
Administrative Court
Source

The Saeima Election Law (as of 2011, inEnglish)

Source: http://cvk.lv/pub/upload_file/Anglu/Saeima_Election_Law_2011_ENG.pdf

 

Article 13-1 (1)The decision of the CentralElection Commission to register a candidate list or to refuse to register acandidate list, as well as the decision to delete a candidate from the list,may be appealed in court within three days after the decision has been made.

 

(2) In order to carry out the court rulingby which a decision referred to in Paragraph 1 of this Article is repealed, theCentral Election Commission shall either register or discard the relevantcandidate list or shall either restore the name of a candidate on theregistered candidate list or delete it from the list.

 

Article 54 (1) In the case specified inParagraph 1 of Article13-1 the appeal shall be submitted to the Administrative Regional Court(…)

(3) The court shall examine the appeal andmake a decision: 1) in cases specified in Paragraph 1 of Article 13-1 ,Paragraph 2 of Article 35-1 and Paragraph 1 of Article 51 – within seven daysafter the receipt of the appeal;

 

(6) The court decision, as well as otherdecisions, which are taken while carrying out the procedural activities relatedto examining the case, cannot be appealed.
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