1. A group of voters domiciling in an electoral zone have the right to propose a candidate for mayor or a candidate for local councils no later than 50 days before the election date.

2. A candidate proposed by a group of voters may not be part of any party or coalition that is running in that electoral zone, nor can he/she openly or indirectly support any other subject or candidate running in that electoral zone.

3. For the submission of a candidate by the voters, an initiating committee is established, composed of no fewer than 9 voters from the respective electoral zone, who are tasked with organizing the work for gathering the supporting signatures for the candidate. No later than 70 days before the election date, the initiating committee registers with the CEAZ by submitting the names of the committee’s members. The committee may register a candidate for mayor of municipality only if it has gathered support for the candidate from 1 per cent of the voters registered in the list of that electoral zone, but, in any case, no fewer than 50 voters, according to the procedures provided for in this Code.

4. Candidates proposed by voters are exempt from the obligation provided for in point 3 of this article if they are mayors of municipality, members of local government unit council, or deputies. In this case, the candidate submits a written attestation issued by the Assembly or the local government unit respectively certifying the holding of the seat for at least the last 6 months.