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VI. Nomination procedures


D. Submission of signatures in support of candidates proposed by groups of voters









Several issues pertaining to collection and submission of signatures in support of candidates proposed by groups of voters and by non-parliamentary parties have been discussed extensively in the 2009 Joint Opinion on the Electoral Code of Albania (CDL­AD(2009)005).21 The first sentence of Article 68 as well as the first sentence of Article 71 that pertain to parliamentary elections were abrogated by the Constitutional Court Decision 32/21.06.2010. The parts of these provisions that regulate local elections still remain in force. In particular, the Code should exempt candidates supported by a group of voters from the requirement of voting signatures if they already hold a mandate.