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Article 4.4
 

(1) The application for certification of a political party or independent candidate must include a list setting out the name, original signature, number of a valid ID Card and National Identity number of each voter recorded in the Central Voters Register who supports the application of the political party or independent candidate. The application shall include the account number for financing of election campaign.


(2) The signature form shall be prescribed by the Central Election Commission of BiH.
These forms shall be pre-printed forms and shall contain a space for the name of the political party or independent candidate, and sequential serial numbers.


(3) Political parties and independent candidates shall only collect signatures on the forms assigned to them by the election commission of BiH. Other forms submitted by a political party or independent candidate shall not be accepted.


(4) The signature form shall also include the name and surname, number of a valid ID Card, original signature and National Identity number of the person(s) who are responsible for collecting the supporter’s signatures.


(5) In order to be certified for participation in the elections, a political party or an independent candidate must present to the Central Election Commission of BiH its application for participation in the elections, which contains at least:


1. five thousand (5,000) signatures of voters recorded in the Central Voters Register for the elections for the members of the Presidency of BiH;


2. five thousand (5,000) signatures of voters recorded in the Central Voters Register for the elections for the members of the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH;


3. three thousand (3,000) signatures of voters recorded in the Central Voters Register for the elections for the members of the House of Representatives of the Parliament of the Federation of BiH or for the members of the National Assembly of the Republika Srpska or for the elections for the President and Vice Presidents of Republika Srpska,


4. five hundred (500) signatures of voters recorded in the Central Voters Register for elections for the delegates of the Cantonal Assemblies of the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina in a canton in which number of voters recorded in the Central Voters’ Register on the day elections were announced did not exceed 100.000 voters, or one thousand (1000) signatures for elections in a canton in which this number exceeded 100.000 of voters recorded in the Central Voters’ Register;


5. one hundred (100) signatures of voters recorded in the Central Voters Register for the elections for the Municipal Council/Municipal Assembly and for the Head of Municipality in a municipality where the number of voters recorded in the Central Voters Register on the day when the elections are announced did not exceed ten thousand (10,000) voters, or two hundred (200) signatures for the election in the municipality in which this number exceeded ten thousand (10,000) voters recorded in the Central Voters Register.


6. five % of signatures of voters recorded in the Central Voters Register for the election of Municipal Council or Municipal Assembly and for the Head of Municipality, in a municipality where the number of voters recorded in the Central Voters Register on the day when the elections are announced did not exceed a thousand (1000) voters recorded in the Central Voters Register;


7. supporting signatures submitted for the higher level of authority shall also be applicable to the lower levels of authority included in the higher level of authority.