First instance body dealing with electoral disputes

Electoral Law of 11November 2009 on the election of the President of the Republic and the People'sNational Assembly / Lei Eleitoral de 11 de Novembro 2009 para Presidente daRepública e Assembleia Nacional Popular

Art. 75 (1): Inaddition to the delegates of the candidates, any elector at any polling stationmay raise questions and submit written complaints, protests and counter-protestsregarding electoral operations at the same polling station and file them withthe suitable documents.

(“Al?mdos delegados das candidaturas, qualquer eleitor presente ? assembleia de votopode suscitar d?vidas e apresentar por escrito reclama??es, protestos e contraprotestos relativos ?s opera??es eleitorais da mesma assembleia e instru?-loscom os documentos convenientes.”)

Art. 78 (3): The delegates of the lists have the rightto verify the counting of ballots, without altering the order of thearrangement of the ballot paper, and may complain in case of doubt to thepresiding officer who examines the complaint.

(“Osdelegados de lista t?m direito de verificar a contagem dos boletins de voto,sem contudo alterar a ordem da disposi??o do boletim de voto, podendo reclamar,em caso de d?vida para o presidente da mesa que analisa a reclama??o.”)

Art. 86: The CNE, atthe beginning of its work, shall decide on the ballots in respect of whichthere have been complaints or protests, shal verify the ballots deemed invalidand shall review them according to uniform criteria of this operation, whichmay result in the rectification of the counting done in each Regional ElectoralCommission without prejudice to the provisions relating to judicial appeal.

(“ACNE no in?cio dos seus trabalhos decide sobre os boletins de voto em rela??oaos quais tenha havido reclama??o ou protestos, verifica os boletinsconsiderados nulos e reaprecia-os segundo o crit?rio uniforme podendo destaopera??o resultar a correc??o do apuramento feito em cada CRE sem preju?zo dodisposto em mat?ria de recurso contencioso.”)

Link: http://www.cne-guinebissau.org/phocadownload/lei_eleitoral.pdf

“The electoral lawestablishes an election complaints mechanism with a dual component: Anadministrative mechanism through the National Election Commission which operatesat every level of the election administration. The Supreme Court of Justice,specifically its electoral section, to which complaints and appeals against CNEdecisions shall be submitted. Complaints about voting, counting and tabulationsof results should, in first instance, be addressed to the CNE.” (EU EOM Final Report on the 2009Presidential Election in GuineaBissau, p. 40: http://eeas.europa.eu/eueom/pdf/missions/guinea_bissau_pres_election_2009_final_report_final_eng.pdf[AS1] )