The Central Commission, circuit, territorial electoral commission shall deny the registration of the candidate for the President of the Republic of Belarus, for deputies in the event of:
non-conformity of the person nominated as the candidate to the requirements of this Code;
previous conviction of the person nominated as a candidate;
non-compliance with the requirements of this Code for the nomination of a candidate;
failure to submit one or more documents necessary for the registration of the candidate;
insufficient number of authentic voters' signatures collected in support of the nomination as a candidate;
use in the interests of election of monetary means or other material assistance of foreign countries and organizations, international organizations, organizations with foreign investments, foreign citizens and stateless persons;
presence of more than 15 percent of inauthentic signatures of the total number of verified signatures of voters, in whole for the Republic of Belarus, in the signature lists on nomination of the candidate for the President of the Republic of Belarus ;
presence of more than 15 percent of inauthentic signatures of the total number of verified signatures of voters in the signature lists on nomination of the candidate for deputy;
in other cases of non-compliance of the order of nomination with the requirements of this Code.
The Central Commission, circuit, territorial electoral commission is entitled to deny the registration of the candidate for the President of the Republic of Belarus, for deputies in the event of:
submission of the data having essential nature, which do not correspond to reality, in the declaration on incomes and property of the person nominated as a candidate for the President of the Republic of Belarus or other persons specified in indent five of part four of Article 68 of this Code, as well as of the persons nominated as candidates for deputies. The Central Commission gives explanations which data on incomes and property not corresponding to reality have an essential nature;
using advantages of an official position in the interests of election, specified in part two of Article 73 of this Code;
participation of the administration of an organization in gathering signatures, coercion in the course of gathering signatures and rewarding voters for putting their signatures;
repeated violation by the person nominated as the candidate for the President of the Republic of Belarus, for deputies, or an initiative group of the requirements of this Code or other acts of legislation of the Republic of Belarus on elections, if they had been previously issued a warning.
The Central Commission is entitled to deny the registration of a candidate for the President of the Republic of Belarus in case of exceeding by the person nominated as a candidate for President of the Republic of Belarus for more than 20 percent of the maximum amount of spending of means of the electoral fund specified in part three of Article 481 of this Code, or use of other monetary means in the same amounts in addition to means of the electoral fund.
A decision of the Central Commission, circuit, territorial electoral commission to deny the registration as a candidate with indication of reasons of denial to register shall be issued not later than on the following day after its taking.
The decision of the Central Commission on denial of the registration as a candidate for the President of the Republic of Belarus may be appealed against by the person nominated as a candidate for the President of the Republic of Belarus , within a three-day period, in the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus.The Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus considers the complaint within a three-day period and its decision is final.
The decision of the circuit electoral commission on denial of the registration as 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 nominated as a candidate for deputy within three days from the day of adoption of the decision, and the decision of the regional, Minsk city territorial electoral commission may be appealed against, within the same time period, in the regional, 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 of the registration as a candidate for deputy of a local Council of Deputies may be appealed against by the person nominated as a candidate for deputy within three days in the superior territorial electoral commission, and the decision of the superior territorial electoral commission may be appealed against, within the same time period, respectively in the regional, Minsk city, district court.The court considers the complaint in a three-day term and its decision thereupon is final.
