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Article 72
 

Agents.

72.1.    The registered candidate, political party or block of political parties, which have registered the candidate, campaign, group on referendum shall have the right to appoint an agent. The agents shall be  registered by the relevant election commission, which have registered the candidate, campaign group on referendum. The agents shall be registered within 3 days from the day of receipt of written application of the candidate or application of political party, block of political parties, campaign group on referendum on appointing agents, as well as the written consent of citizens on being an agent. The following information about each agent should be mentioned in presentation or in requisition:



Surname, name, patronymic,



Date of birth,



Work place,



Occupation (type of activity)



Home address



Serial, number and issue date of ID or substitute document



 

The rules, defined in Articles 52 and 64 of this Code, shall be applicable to relevant applications of political parties, blocks of political parties and campaign groups on referendum.

72.2.    The agents shall receive a verification card from relevant election commission.

72.3.    The agent shall conduct campaign on election of a candidate or on referendum and other kind of activities in assisting for the election of a registered candidate. The agents shall  have the observers rights.

72.4.    The registered candidates, political parties, blocks of political parties, campaign group on referendum can at any time withdraw the persons they appointed as agents and appoint other persons instead of them by the way of informing relevant election commission. If there is such information, the election commission shall cancel the verification card of the withdrawn agent. Anytime with his/her own initiative, the agent can resign from his/her position and return his/her card to relevant election commission by informing registered candidate, as well as political party, block of political parties and a campaign group on referendum.

72.5.    The authorities of an agent shall commence from the day of their registration by the relevant election commission, and finish no later than the official publication of the election (referendum) results, including not later than the day when the final decision of court is made in case of investigating complaints on violation of this Code, except the cases mentioned in Article 72.4 of this Code. The authorities of an agent shall also finish when the status of candidates and referendum campaign groups that agents represent is lost.