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Article 73
 

Verification of documentation

1. The CEC or, as the case may be, the CEAZ, verifies the regularity of candidacy documentation and if it notices irregularities or failure to comply with requirements of the Electoral Code, returns them to the electoral subjects for correction not later than 35 days before the elections.

2. The corrected documentation is to be submitted not later than 32 days before the election date. The decision for the approval or rejection of the final documentation is taken within 48 hours from their submission.

3. The CEC publishes the full list of candidates in the three newspapers with the largest national circulation, in the electronic media, and on its official website. A copy of the list for each electoral zone is to be sent to the Prefect, Regional Council and CEAZs, which publish it in the local media and post it in public areas in their zone, in accordance

with the instructions received from the CEC.

 

4. Names on the multi-name lists and their order cannot be changed after their final approval by the CEC or, as the case may be, by the CEAZ, in accordance with point 2 of this article.

 

5. No later than 24 hours from the final approval of the list, the CEAZ submits one copy of the list for the councils of municipalities and communes to the CEC.

 

6. No later than 90 days from the election date, the CEC determines by special instruction the rules for the verification of the candidacy documentation and the time limits for the implementation of point 3 of this article.