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Article 65
 

The Authorized Representatives of the Initiators (Campaign Group) of Establishing of Campaign Group on Referendum.

64.1.    The initiators of establishing a campaign group on referendum can appoint an authorized representative (representatives) in order to organize the collection of the required signatures and with the purpose of conducting other actions provided for in this Code, on behalf of the initiators of establishing the campaign group on referendum. The number of the authorized representatives of campaign groups on referendum, which are registered in the Central Election Commission, should not be more than 25 persons. But the number of the authorized representatives of campaign groups on referendum, which are registered in Constituency Election Commission, should not be more than 5 persons.

64.2.    After the registration of a campaign group, the authorized representative of the campaign groups on referendum, mentioned in Article 64.1 of this Code, can preserve their authorities of authorized representatives of  the campaign group on referendum according to the decision of  the .

64.3.    The appointment of the authorized representative of a campaign group on referendum shall be conducted by the way of giving Power of Attorney approved by a notary office to a relevant person. That Power of Attorney should be given on behalf of all initiators of campaign groups on referendum.

64.4.    The authorized representative of a campaign group on referendum shall carry out his/her functions based on the Power of Attorney provided for in Article 64.3 of this Code, describing his/her authorities, name, surname, patronymic, date of birth, serial and number of ID, work place, duty or service job ((official duty) if no duty - type of activity). The authorized representative on finance shall carry out his functions on the basis of the Power of Attorney provided for in Article 64.3 of this Code, that also includes the samples of financial documents and stamps. The Power of Attorney shall be considered valid upon submission along with the identification document or a substitute document.



The lists of the authorized representatives, which are appointed by a campaign group on referendum, shall be submitted to the election commission that registered same group. The following information about the authorized representatives should be mentioned in the list of authorized representatives of a campaign group on referendum:





Name, surname, patronymic,



Date of birth,



Serial and batch number and issue date of ID or a substitute document,



Home address,



Place of work or duty (if no duty – type of activity)



Telephone number.



The written consent application of being an authorized representative for each person should be attached to the relevant list submitted to the relevant election commission.

64.6.    It shall be possible to put an end to the authorities of a representative by informing him of the decision of a campaign group on referendum in written form. The copy of this decision should be sent to the election commission and the Constituency Election Commissions, which registered this group. The members of a campaign group on referendum shall accept this decision with the majority of members voting and sign it. In such case the referendum campaign group can appoint another authorized representative.

64.7.    The term of power of the authorized representatives of a campaign group on referendum shall begin from their appointed time and finish no later than the day of official publication of the results of referendum.