The Tbilisi Court of Appeals has dismissed the complaints filed by the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA) and other organizations seeking to annul the results of around 150 polling stations.
The case concerned polling stations where elections were conducted electronically. GYLA, along with the election monitoring mission My Vote, had demanded the annulment of all polling stations that used electronic voting, citing the violation of the principle of ballot secrecy as the main reason. One of the grounds cited was a decision by the Tetritskaro District Court.
The Court of Appeals granted the Central Election Commission’s motion and overturned the decision made by the judge of the Tetritskaro District Court.
The Court of Appeals deliberated on a total of approximately 26 complaints for around 24 hours. A demonstration experiment of the voting procedure was also conducted in the courtroom.
The Court of Appeal’s decision on this issue is final at the national judicial level and is not subject to further appeal to the Supreme Court. However, GYLA representatives stated that if their complaints were not satisfied, they would appeal it at the Strasbourg Court.
