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Article 66
 

Submission of Documents for Registration of a Campaign Group on Referendum.

66.1.    If the signatures necessary for registration of a referendum campaign group have been collected in one or more than one constituency’s territory in accordance with Article 65.3 of this Code, the documents mentioned in Article 66.2 of this Code shall be submitted to relevant Constituency Election Commission on the territory where the majority part of these signatures were collected; the initiators establishing the campaign groups on referendum, who collected voter signatures as mentioned in the article 65.2 of this Code, shall submit the documents to Central Election Commission, as mentioned Article 66.2 of this Code.

66.2.    The authorized representative of the campaign group on referendum shall have to submit the following documents to the relevant election commission before 18:00 75 days prior to the election day for the registration of the referendum campaign group:

66.2.1. Signature sheets with the collected signatures;

66.2.2. Two copies of protocol compiled in the form determined by Central Election Commission about results of collection of voter signature;

66.2.3. The initial finance report of the initiators of establishing the campaign group on referendum (including information about the expenses spent for collection of voters signatures)

66.3.    Upon accepting documents, election commissions shall verify each folder by affixing a stamp. Then election commissions shall check the conformity of the quantity of signature sheets with protocols on results of the collection of voters’ signatures. Then, election commissions shall provide authorized representatives of initiators of establishing of a campaign group on referendum with written notification of acceptance of election documents and with an indication of the numbers of signature sheets and the numbers of signatures therein and time of acceptance. If relevant documents submitted by these persons to the relevant election commission before expired time as mentioned in Article 66.2 of this Code, the acceptance of these cannot be refused and there will not be any restriction for the entrance of authorized representative of initiators of campaign group on referendum to the relevant building (room).

66.4.    Registration of a campaign group on referendum shall be conducted after submission of voters’ signatures to the relevant election commission.