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Article 44
 

Ruling concerning candidature and advertisement


As soon as the senior electoral commission has completed marking electoral lists it shall send them to the National Electoral Commission including all accompanying documents, cf. Article 32. The National Electoral Commission shall then immediately take up for consideration and for ruling the question of to which political organisation the electoral lists that are put forward for the election should be considered to belong. The National Electoral Commission shall also take care that lists that should belong together, cf. Article 32, are marked with the same letter of the alphabet in all the constituencies. The agents of political organisations shall have an opportunity to be present when the National Electoral Commission convenes for that purpose, cf. Article 40.


When the National Electoral Commission has received materials from all senior electoral commissions and it has processed the lists in that manner, it shall immediately announce the lists to the public through advertisements in the Government Gazette and in newspapers. The advertisement shall specify the letter of the alphabet for each list, for which political organisation it is put forth, and the names of the candidates in each list in alphabetical order, their position or title, and domicile. At the same time the National Electoral Commission shall announce, through the publication of an advertisement in the State Broadcasting Service (radio and television), the letter of the alphabet for each list and for which political organisation it is put forward. These advertisements shall be published no later than ten days prior to the date of the election.


The National Electoral Commission shall then resend the lists, including a statement on the processing of the case, to the senior electoral commissions. At the same time, the National Electoral Commission shall send the lists to the Ministry of Justice as they were published.