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| The Elections Act of Islamic Consultative Assembly |
| Chapter 8: Complaints and Investigation |
| Article 68: |
| The executive boards of polling stations, shall accept complaints from the date of formation of executive board until 2 days after announcement of election results and present at the common meeting of the executive boards and the polling committee of supervision at most within 7 days from the date of receiving the complaints.
Note 1:
Those who have objection to election, may submit their complaints to the secretariats of the guardian council within at most 7 days from the date of election.
Note 2:
The complaints which bear the particulars of the complainant including name, surname, father's name, occupation, address, telephone number (if applicable) and genuine signature, shall only be attended to.
Note 3:
Should the complainant accuses someone without reason and document and the act is considered as allegation, shall be liable to public prosecution.
Note 4:
Institution of claim is confidential and disclosure of it is not allowed. |
| Article 69: |
| The complaints which are submitted to the executive board during election, shall not hinder the work of election. |
| Article 70: |
If the executive board, after study of the complaints and reports, observes that the election is not being conducted properly in one or some polling stations, upon approval of the supervisory committee, the election of the polling station/s shall be announced null and void.
Note:
If nullification of votes of the polling station is not effective in the election, the decision shall be up to the guardian council. |
| Article 71: |
All the complaints about the election, before sending the election file to the parliament, shall be sent to the central supervisory committee and then, shall be sent to the parliament.
Note:
The guardian council shall send all the complaints relevant to election to the parliament after issue of letters of credit. |
| Article 72: |
| If attending to the complaints of each polling station hinders or nullifies the election, announcement of it through medial shall be the responsibility of the guardian council.
Note:
Halt or nullification of election at each polling station shall be in accordance with the law along with the related valid documents upon decision of the majority of vote of members of the guardian council. |
| Article 73: |
| Issuing the letter of credit of those elected shall be subject to non-nullification of the election by the guardian council, and the guardian council shall announce its view as early as possible and the Ministry of the Interior shall order the issue of the letter of credit. |
| Article 74: |
The letter of credit of those elected shall be issued upon instruction of the Ministry of the Interior along with the seal and signature of the executive board and committee of supervision in 5 copies (one copy for the guardian council) within 48 hours.
Note: Should any members of the executive board and supervisory committee, upon announcement of view by the guardian council, refuse to sign the letter of credit, shall be considered as violator of law and shall be deprived of membership in the executive boards and supervisory committee for 10 years and the letter of credit shall be valid by the signature of the Ministry of the Interior and chairman of the central supervisory committee over election throughout the country. |
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