(1) Independent candidates for President and Vice President of the Republic shall be registered when the candidature thereof is supported by not fewer than 2,500 voters.

(2) (Amended, SG No. 39/2016, effective 26.05.2016) Any voter, who supports the contesting of the election by independent candidates, shall certify this by affixing the signature thereof before a member of the nomination committee. The voter shall state the names and the Standard Public Registry Personal Number. Each voter may participate in only one list. The list shall be delivered also in the form of a structured electronic image, stating the names and Standard Public Registry Personal Number of the voters who have affixed a manual signature, in the order in which they have been entered in the list.

(3) The member of the nomination committee referred to in Paragraph (2) shall process and provide the personal data complying with the requirements of the Personal Data Protection Act and shall bear responsibility as controller within the meaning given by Article 3 (2) of the Personal Data Protection Act.

(4) (Amended, SG No. 39/2016, effective 26.05.2016) The list shall be delivered to the Central Election Commission together with the documents referred to in Items 2 and 3 of Article 318 (1) herein not later than 32 days in advance of polling day.