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VII. Candidate registration









Article 416(1) of the draft Code requires different scales of signature requirements for nominating and registering independent candidates at the municipal level, based on the number of inhabitants in the respective municipalities. For municipalities with up to 10,000 residents, the right to nominate and register an independent candidate for municipal councillor or mayor requires no less than 100 voters from the considered municipalities. The OSCE/ODIHR and the Venice Commission recommend that this requirement could be lowered for smaller villages and municipalities.