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Article 31
 

§ 31. Acceptance and return of documents

(1) The National Electoral Committee shall maintain records concerning the nomination of candidates.

(2) The registration documentation of candidates shall be delivered by an authorised representative of the political party. The registration documentation of an independent candidate shall be delivered by the independent candidate or his or her authorised representative.

(3) If not all the required documents are submitted to the National Electoral Committee or if the documents contain errors or omissions or they are not in conformity with the standard format established by the National Electoral Committee, the person who accepts documents shall propose to the submitter of the documents that the required documents or information be submitted, that documents conforming with the standard format be submitted or that the errors be corrected. All submitted documents shall be returned.

(4) If a political party or an independent candidate wishes to make amendments to the registration documentation of candidates, the National Electoral Committee shall return all the submitted documents and, upon re-submission thereof, the documents shall be deemed to have been submitted for the first time.

(5) If a candidate is deleted from the list of nominated candidates on the basis of a personal application, the National Electoral Committee shall return the candidate documents to him or her and inform an authorised representative of the political party or independent candidate thereof. The political party need not re-submit the registration documentation of candidates.

(6) If a political party or an independent candidate submits documents before 6 p.m. on the forty-fifth day before election day and it becomes evident that not all the required documents have been submitted, that the documents contain omissions or are not in conformity with the standard format established by the National Electoral Committee, or that the submitted documents contain errors which cannot be corrected immediately, the documents shall be accepted. The person who accepts the documents shall propose to the submitter of the documents that the missing documents or information be submitted, that documents conforming with the standard format established by the National Electoral Committee be submitted or that the errors be corrected. In such case, the political party or independent candidate shall perform the required acts not later than before 6 p.m. on the forty-third day before election day.