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Article 24
 

Rule for Nominating Candidates for Member of a Municipality Council and Collecting Voters 24.2 3 Political parties, iInitiative groups of voters, political parties and persons nominating as a candidate for member of a municipalitMyunicipal Council are given the 'signature forms' mentioned in the 2nd 1st annex to this law.

24.4 Candidates living in an electoral territory which covers up to 5000 voters do not have to collect signatures.

24.3.5 Voters have the right to sign in support of several candidates. The voter's name, surname, birth date (for persons who are 18 - month and date of birth), place of living, serial number of passport, date of signature must be shown. Each 'signature paper' contains the name of the district (town, the ‘district’ in a citythe town) where signatures were collected. Voters’ signatures can only be collected at their place of living.

24.4 6 Voters cannot be forced to sign by the 'signature collectors' and it is prohibited to bribe voters for this purpose..

24.5 Signature papers collected in support of a candidate for member of a municipality and the candidate's application for registration form should be submitted to the Territorial Election Commission by 18:00 on the day 30 days prior to election day. The Territorial Election Commission gives a receipt for these documents when they are received.