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Article 67
 

1. A political party that is registered with the CEC as an electoral subject for the elections for the Assembly submits its multi-name list of candidates to the CEC for each electoral zone no later than 50 days before the election date.
For elections for local government bodies, the candidate for mayor of the local government unit and the list of candidates for local councils are registered with the CEAZ that has jurisdiction over that local government unit by the deadline set forth in this point. The CEAZ submits a copy of the list to the CEC within 48 hours.


2. A political party participating in a coalition submits its multi-name list of candidates to the CEC for each electoral zone no later than 50 days before the election date.
For elections for local government bodies, the list of candidates is registered with the CEAZ that has jurisdiction over that local government unit within the deadline set forth in this point. The CEAZ submits a copy of the list to the CEC within 48 hours.


3. Pursuant to the second paragraph of point 1 and the second paragraph of point 2 of this article, the candidate for mayor and the lists for the municipal council which territory is not subject to a single CEAZ are registered with the CEC.


4. A candidate for deputy, who is registered on a multi-name list in one electoral zone, or a candidate for municipal council, may not be registered as such for another electoral zone, nor as a candidate of another party or coalition or as a candidate proposed by a group of voters.


5. Names on the party list are listed in numerical order, starting from number one. The number of the candidates on the multi-name list of a political party registered as a separate electoral subject, or the total number of candidates of a coalition, shall not be less than the number of seats assigned to the respective electoral zone. For a party that is a member of a coalition, the number of candidates shall not be less than half of the number of seats assigned to the respective electoral zone. The same rule applies to the multi-name lists for municipal councils.


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7. In case of non-compliance with any of the conditions provided for in this article related to the composition of the multi-name list, the CEC imposes the sanctions set forth in article 175 of this Code.