Nomination of Candidates on Their Own Initiative or Directly by Voters.
A Candidate can be nominated through self-nomination, or by voters with active suffrage, provided that a notification about the matter is sent to the relevant election commission, on territory of which the signatures necessary for supporting the Candidate are collected and the Candidate is intended to be registered.
The candidate or the initiative group of voters, which nominates a candidate, shall notify the relevant election commission on his/her/its initiative in writing. The notification should contain the following about each initiator and candidate:
name, surname, patronymic, birth date;
address of residence;
serial and batch number of identification or substitute document
as well as the data on main working place or official duty (if not any – type of activity) of the nominated candidate:·
An application containing written consent of a candidate on termination of activities which are incompatible with the elected post in elective government or municipal bodies should be submitted together with the notification mentioned in Article 53.2 of this Code. This application shall contain information about his/her biography (surname, name, patronymic, birth date, address of residence, education, main working place or official duty (service job), (if he/she does not have them – type of activity)). If candidates have a sentence, which is not served or cancelled, name and number of the relevant Article of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan should be recorded in their application. If a candidate has committed an action abroad, which imposes a criminal liability and is sentenced by a court decision, which entered into force, and if the same action imposes liability established by the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the application should contain name of the relevant law of the foreign country. The application of the candidate should also contain information about candidate’s citizenship of the Republic of Azerbaijan as well as information about if a candidate has foreign citizenship or obligations in foreign countries.
A candidate can include information in the application on the basis of a certified document on his/her party affiliation. In such circumstances a candidate comes to an agreement with the relevant election commission about naming his/her political party with a name containing not more than 5 words. If the political party indicated in the application has already excluded the candidate and sent an appropriate notification to the relevant election commission on the matter, then the candidate cannot be referred to the political party, after such notification is received.
The relevant election commission should inform the candidate and initiative group of voters in writing about receipt of submitted documents, in conformity with the requirements of Article 53. 4 of this Code.
The relevant election commission shall examine the submitted documents within a 5-day period and submits a decision to the candidate or his/her authorized representative, certifying the nomination from the relevant constituencies. The relevant election commission cannot refuse receipt of submitted documents.
The basis for refusal from submission of a decision which certifies nomination of a candidate can only be:
documents mentioned in Articles 53.2 and 53.3 of this Code are not formalized as required;
or
violation of rules for nomination of candidates defined by this Code.
If the mistakes and errors can be eliminated through corrections made by the candidate in the relevant documentation, then the relevant election commission shall notify the candidate about it within the period set forth in Article 53.6 of this Code, and after such correction is made, approves the candidate’s nomination.
