Home > 2 Organising the elections > NETHERLANDS - Elections Act
 
 
 
Download file    
 
 
Section Ya9
 

1. A joint declaration, as referred to in section I 10, subsection 1, may also be submitted to the Lieutenant Governors of Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba at the clerk to the island executive’s office.


2. The Lieutenant Governor shall assess the authenticity of the joint declaration and record his findings in an accompanying declaration. A model accompanying declaration shall be established by ministerial order.


3. The Lieutenant Governor shall ensure that the central electoral committee is informed of the joint declaration and the accompanying declaration by electronic means no later than 17.00 (European Dutch time) on the day after nomination day. The Lieutenant Governor shall make certified copies of these documents and keep them until the decision of the principal electoral committee, as referred to in section I4, has become final.


4. He shall also ensure that the joint declaration is delivered to the central electoral committee by post as quickly as possible.