| Description |
When citizens believe that an electoral process has gone wrong, whether by genuine error or maliciously, they look for recourse. Different countries deal with this need to provide citizens recourse in different ways. Some allow complaints to be made to the body that administers the election itself, as has been done in Iraq in the past, some to an independent body established specifically to adjudicate electoral complaints as in Mexico, some rely primarily on the court system, as is done in the United States. In many cases, appeals to these initial decisions are allowed through a court system or some equivalent, as is required by international electoral standards |
