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Article 33
 

Review of Lists of Candidates by the Central Election Board

(1) The Central Election Board shall complete a review of the lists of candidates no later than on the fiftieth day prior to the day of the elections.

(2) Should a candidate be listed on several lists of candidates, the Central Election Board shall remove the candidate from such list of candidates with which the candidate's statement pursuant to Article 31, Paragraph 7 above has not been enclosed; should a candidate have signed statements to be attached to several different lists of candidates, such candidate shall be removed from all the lists of candidates on which he/she has been listed.

(3) Should, in several different electoral regions, lists of candidates obviously submitted by the same Political Party or coalition be filed under various different party/coalition titles, the chairman shall invite the party/coalition representatives to announce one definitive party/coalition title by which the Political Party or coalition shall be recognized in each electoral region. The party/coalition title shall be announced before the session of the Central Election Board has ended, and should the representatives of the Political Party or coalition fail to do so, the title of the Political Party or coalition shall be determined by the Central Election Board.

(4) Should, in a list of candidates, the Central Election Board discover deficiencies as per Article 31, Paragraphs 1, 2, 3, and 4, it shall proceed in compliance with the provisions stipulated in the first clause of Article 32, Paragraph 3 above. The Central Election Board shall refuse each and every list of candidates filed in each and every electoral region should it be filed at variance with the provisions stipulated by Article 31, Paragraph 8, and such lists of candidates on which all the candidates have been removed in pursuance of the provisions laid down in the foregoing Paragraph 2 of this Article.

(5) The Central Election Board shall draw lots to determine different numerical symbols that shall index the lists of candidates, and each Political Party and coalition that has filed a list of candidates shall be assigned a different numerical symbol by which all of its lists of candidates contesting a seat in the Chamber of Delegates shall be distinguished.

(6) Without any delay, the chairman of the Central Election Board shall send a protocol on the conclusions of the review of the lists of candidates both to the regional election boards and the Political Parties and coalitions concerned. The numerical symbols assigned to each Political Party and coalition shall be allowed enough publicity to become generally known.