Last instance body dealing with electoral disputes
Romania
Art. 32. (1) The electoralbureau of constituency shall acknowledge a candidature within 24 hours of itsfiling, by decision, which may be contested by the citizens entitled to vote,political parties, political alliances, electoral alliances and organisationsof citizens belonging to national minorities, within 48 hours of the display ofthe acknowledgement decision.
(2)The electoral bureau of constituency shall reject a candidature within 24 hoursof its filing, by decision, which may be contested by the candidate or by theelectoral competitors who put forward the respective candidature, within 48hours of the display of the rejection decision.
(21) Theelectoral bureaux of constituency shall draw up minutes which mention the dateand the time for displaying the decision of acceptance, or if the case may be,of rejection of the candidature.
(22) Thecandidatures put forward to several uninominal colleges, or for both offices ofdeputy and senator shall be null and void, except for the ones provided for inarticle 9 (11). Nullity shall be found by decision of the Central ElectoralBureau.
(3) The contestations shallinclude the full name, the address and quality of the person making thecontestation, the full name of the person whose candidature was accepted orrejected, explanation of the grounds of the claim, the date, and the signatureof the person making the contestation, and the indication, if need be, of theperson designated to represent this petitioner.
(4) The contestation andthe appeal shall be made to the competent court, under the sanction of nullity.
(5) The contestationsregarding the acceptance or rejection of the candidatures shall be settledwithin 48 hours of the registration, by the tribunal under the jurisdiction ofwhich the constituency falls. The contestations against the candidatures forthe constituency for the Romanians with the domicile outside Romania shall besettled by the Tribunal of Bucharest. The sentence shall be visibly posted atthe seat of the court having pronounced it.
(6) They may appeal thesentence pronounced for the contestation within 24 hours of the pronouncement, to the hierarchically superiorcourt. The appeal shall be settled within 24 hours of the registration.
(7) The sentence pronouncedin the appeal shall be final and irrevocable.
LAWNo. 35*of 13 March 2008 for the election to the Chamber of Deputiesand the Senate and for the amendment
and completion of Law No. 67/2004 for theelection of local public administration authorities,
of Law No. 215/2001 on thelocal public administration, and of Law No. 393/2004
on the Statute of localelectees, Published in OJ No. 196 of 13 March 2008
ROMANIANGOVERNMENT DECISIONNo. 985 of 27 August 2008 on theapproval of the schedule for performing the activities during the electoralperiod, upon the 2008 elections to the Chamber
of Deputies and the Senate.Published in OJ No. 631 of 1 September2008
Annex.Point 46 “Within 24 hours of registration of Appeal/ Settlement of the appealmade against the decision pronounced in the settlement of the contestation onthe acceptance or rejection of the candidature by the Court of Appeals by final and irrevocabledecision“
