383.1. The citizens aiming to participate as Independent Candidates for elective of f ce should:

a) Present their request in writing;

b) The registration request should contain:

1. The paternal surname, maternal surname, complete name and signature or, where applicable, fingerprint of the applicant;


2. The place and date of birth of the applicant;


3. The current address of the applicant and time of residence at this address;


4. The occupation of the applicant;


5. The code of the voter card of the applicant;


6. The office that the applicant wishes to run for;


7. The appointment of the legal representative and address to hear and receive notifications, and


8. The appointment of the person in charge of the management of the f nancial resources and of delivering the corresponding reports.

c) The request should be accompanied by the following documents:

1. The form in which the applicant demonstrates the desire to be an Independent Candidate, as referred to in this Law;


2. A copy of the birth certificate and of the front and back of the valid voter card;


3. The electoral platform containing the main proposals that the Independent Candidate will promote in the electoral campaign;


4. The identification information of the bank account opened for the management of the resources of the independent candidate, in the terms of this Law;


5. The income and expenditure reports of the activities aiming at obtaining citizen support;


6. The document of support that contains the name, signature and voter code or the identification number on the back of the voter card deriving from the optical character recognition (OCR) of the valid voter card with photography of each of the citizens that show their support in the percentage required in the terms of this Law;


7. A declaration in writing, under oath:

1. To not accept resources from illicit sources for campaigns or acts to obtain citizen support;

2. To not be president of the national, state or municipal executive committee of a political party or leader, member, affiliate or equivalent of a political party, in accordance with the established in this Law, and

3. To not have any other legal impediment to running as Independent Candidate.

     VIII. A document in which they give their approval for all the income and expenditure of the opened bank account to be audited by the Institute at any                 time.

383.2. Once a registration request as independent candidate has been received by the president or secretary of the corresponding council, the council must in the three following days verify that all requirement set out in the previous paragraph, with the exception of that related to citizen support, have been complied with.