ALAVIDZE AND OTHERS v. GEORGIA and 2 other applications

Published on 2 February 2026 FOURTH SECTIONApplication no. 34522/24Besarion ALAVIDZE and Others against Georgiaand 2 other applications(see list appended)communicated on 15 January 2026SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASEThe three applications concern the regulatory framework governing the parliamentary elections held in Georgia on 24 October 2024. Some of the individual applicants (nos. 1-6 and 12) as well as the applicant organisation (no. 11) submit, first, that their right to a secret ballot was compromised owing to a faulty system of electronic counting in polling stations, which allegedly made their voting choices visible to election staff and to CCTV cameras positioned near the machines. Second, the remaining individual applicants (nos. 7-10) allege that they were deprived of the right to vote altogether. As residents abroad (France, Spain and the United States, as indicated in the table be …