Maximum adjudication time for the full EDR process (days)
North Macedonia, Republic of
. Article 67.
. (1) The State i.e. Municipal ElectionCommission i.e. Election Commission of the City of Skopje from article 66 ofthis Code, shall, upon the receipt of the lists of candidate i.e. candidates,examine whether they have been submitted within the prescribed deadline andwhether the lists have been compiled in accordance with the provisions of thisCode.
. (2) Should the State i.e. Municipal Election Commission i.e. ElectionCommission of the City of Skopje determine that there are irregularities in thelist, it shall call upon the authorised representative of the submitter, i.e.,the first signed candidate for Member of Parliament, to eliminate theirregularities within 48hours from the receipt of the lists.
. (3) Should the State i.e. Municipal Election Commission i.e. ElectionCommission of the City of Skopje determine that the lists have been submittedwithin the prescribed deadline and have been compiled in accordance with theprovisions of this Code, i.e. the irregularities and the omissions have beeneliminated by the lists submitters within the deadline set in paragraph 2 ofthis article, it shall confirm the submitted lists with a decision.
. 4) Should the State i.e. MunicipalElection Commission i.e. Election Commission of the City of Skopje determinethat the lists have not been submitted timely, i.e. the irregularities and theomissions have not been eliminated by the list submitters within the deadlineset in paragraph 2 of this article, the submitted lists shall be rejected with a decision within 24 hoursfrom the receipt of the lists.
. (5) Against the decision of the Municipal Election Commission i.e. ElectionCommission of the City of Skopje stipulated in paragraph 4 of this article,lawsuit may be submitted to the Administrative Court, within 24 hours upon thereceipt of the decision.
. (6) Against the decision of the State Election Commission from paragraph 4 ofthis article, a lawsuit may be submitted to the Administrative Court throughthe State Election Commission within 24 hours upon receipt of the decision.
. (7) The Administrative Court is obliged to take a decision within 24 hours upon receipt of thelawsuit.
. (8) Submitting complaints and lawsuit by post shall not be permitted.
. (9) Filing complaints and lawsuits on the voting in electoral districts inEurope and Africa, North and South America and Australia and Asia may not bedone by post and shall be done through the official representative of thecandidates for those
electoral districts in the Republic of Macedonia.
Source: OSCEUnofficial Translation of the Electoral Code of the Former Yugoslav Republic ofMacedonia as of 13 November 2012,
published in the Official Gazette 40/2006Amendments published in the Official Gazette 136/2008, 44/2011 and51/2011Corrigenda published in the Official Gazette 148/2008, 155/2008,163/2008
and 142/2012(Consolidated version) http://www.venice.coe.int/webforms/documents/?pdf=CDL-REF%282013%29013-e
1 day (time for Administrative Court to come upwith a decision)