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Article 38
 

Distinguishing letters of the alphabet for political organisations


The Ministry of Justice shall keep a list of letters of the alphabet for political organisations that put forward electoral candidates during the last general Althing election. The register shall be published through an advertisement no later than eight weeks before every general Althing election. If an election has been prescribed with such short notice that this will not be feasible, then this advertisement shall be published within three days after the election has been prescribed.


If a political organisation, which has not had a distinguishing letter of the alphabet assigned for its list, intends to put forward a list of candidates in an election to the Althing, it shall notify the Ministry of Justice no less than three days before the deadline for the announcement of candidacies. The announcement shall be signed by at least 300 voters. The list shall have a date and shall indicate each voter's name, ID number, and domicile. The name of a new political organisation may not be such as to cause possible confusion with that of an organisation that is already registered under paragraph 1. The Ministry of Justice shall immediately inform all political organisations that have been registered of any new organisations that have been announced and of their application for a distinguishing letter of the alphabet for their electoral lists. The Ministry shall decide which letters of the alphabet to allocate to new political organisations, and will take into account both their wishes and the letters of the alphabet that have been allocated to other organisations in previous elections. When an organisation that has been registered wishes to change its name, it shall inform the Ministry of Justice thereof by the same deadline.


Changes to previous advertisements by the Ministry and to appendices to the advertisement shall be published with a new advertisement, and the National Electoral Commission and the senior electoral commissions shall be notified of such changes.