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Article 68
 

Nomination of the Candidate for the President of the Republic by Citizens

1. At least 100 citizens of the Republic of Armenia can form an initiative group for the nomination of a candidate for the President of the Republic.

2. The initiative group applies in writing to the Central Electoral Commission, with a request for registration, and to this end, besides the application, submits the decision of the meeting on the nomination of a candidate for the President of the Republic, as well as data for two plenipotentiary representatives of the initiative group, as mentioned in Article 67 of this Code and the letters of attorney, as established by the law.

3. The decision of the meeting of the initiative group shall contain the data about the nomination for the candidate for the President of the Republic, mentioned in point seven of Article 67 of this code, as well as the last names, first names, patronymic, dates of birth, identification document numbers, places of residence and signatures of the members of the initiative group. The registering Electoral Commission verifies within two days the legality of lists of the initiative group, in conformity with procedures established by the Central Electoral Commission.

4. Upon the submission of the required documents to the Central Electoral Commission the plenipotentiary representatives of the initiative group are handed the official papers on the support of the nomination in the procedure and dates established in point eleven of Article 67 of this code.

5. Each initiative group has the right to