Nomination of a candidate for deputy of the House of Representatives by way of gathering signatures of voters is performed by a group of voters (the initiative group) including not less than 10 persons, whereas nomination of candidate for deputy of local Councils of Deputies by an initiative group including from 3 to 10 persons.To register the initiative group the person having the intention to be nominated as a candidate for the President of the Republic of Belarus shall, not later than 65 days before the elections, submit the following documents to the respective circuit electoral commission on elections of deputies of the House of Representatives, to circuit territorial electoral commission on elections of deputies of local Council of Deputies:

a written application on registration of the initiative group indicating the surname, name and patronymic, date of birth, position (occupation), place of work and residence, party membership of the person having the intention to be nominated as a candidate for deputy;

copies of pages from the passport, confirming the citizenship of the Republic of Belarus and registration in the territory of the Republic of Belarus of the person having an intention to be nominated as a candidate for deputy;

list of members of the initiative group which specifies, in relation to each member of the initiative group and its head, the surname, name and patronymic, date of birth, place of residence, series and number of passport of the citizen of the Republic of Belarus.The list also specified the surname, name and patronymic of a person suggested for nomination as a candidate for deputy. This list of members of the initiative group is submitted in a printed form.

The person having an intention to be nominated as a candidate for deputy submits to the respective circuit, territorial electoral commission documents mentioned in part one of this Article and produces the passport of the citizen of the Republic of Belarus. The documents may be submitted to the circuit, territorial electoral commission by the representative of the person having an intention to be nominated as a candidate for deputy exercising his powers on the basis of a notarized power of attorney or a power of attorney certified in the order established by clause 3 and part one of clause 4 of Article 186 of the Civil Code of the Republic of Belarus.

The person who has intention to be nominated as candidate for deputy, or the head of the initiative group is entitled to put changes into the documents submitted for registration of the initiative group not later than one day before the consideration by circuit, territorial electoral commission of the issue on registration of the initiative group, as well as to familiarize with the materials of inspection of those documents.

The circuit, territorial electoral commission considers the application, within a five-day period from the day of its receipt, registers the initiative group and issues to the members of the initiative group the respective certificates and the signature lists for gathering signatures of voters in support of the person suggested for nomination as candidate for deputy (hereinafter – the signature list).The registration of the initiative group shall be denied when the requirements of this Code are violated.

The decision of the circuit electoral commission on refusal to register the initiative group on nomination of a candidate for deputy of the House of Representatives may be appealed against in the respective regional, the Minsk city territorial electoral commission by the person having the intention to be nominated as a candidate for deputy within three days, whereas the decision of the regional, the Minsk city territorial electoral commission may be appealed against, within the same time period, in the regional, the Minsk city court.The court considers the complaint in a three-day term and its decision thereupon is final.

The decision of the circuit, territorial electoral commission on denial to register the initiative group on nomination of a candidate for deputy of a local Council of Deputies may be appealed against by the person having the intention to be nominated as a candidate for deputy within three days in the superior territorial electoral commission, whereas the decision of the superior territorial electoral commission may be appealed against, within the same time period, in the regional, Minsk city, district court.The court considers the complaint in a three-day term and its decision thereupon is final.

A person suggested for nomination as candidate for deputy of the House of Representatives in the electoral circuit by a group of voters must have support of not less than 1000 electors who reside in the territory of that electoral circuit whereas a person suggested for nomination as candidate for deputy of a local Council of Deputies of voters who reside in the territory of the electoral constituency in the number of:

for the regional and the Minsk City Councils of Deputies – not less than 150;

for the district or city (in the cities of regional subordination) Councils of Deputies – not less than 75;

for the city (in the cities of regional subordination), settlement or rural Councils of Deputies – not less than 20.

The signature list shall include signatures of voters residing on the territory of the electoral circuit.

The gathering of signatures of voters for the nomination of a candidate for deputy and certification of the signature list is performed in the order provided for by parts six, eight to twelve of Article 61 of this Code.Violation of the requirements of part ten of Article 61 of this Code may be the ground for denial of registration of the candidate for deputy or revoking of the decision on his registration.