Article 76. Grounds for Annulment, Cancellation of Registration of Candidates, List of Candidates, Cancellation of Registration of Referendum Initiative Group
1. The decision of an election commission to register a candidate shall be annulled by the higher commission if the requirement of Clause 19, Article 38 of this Federal Law is not complied with. In this case, all decisions to register a candidate shall be annulled with the exception of the first one.
2. Registration of a candidate (list of candidates) shall be annulled by a decision of the election commission which registered the candidate (list of candidates) on the basis of a statement of the candidate that he withdraws his candidature, decision of an electoral association, electoral bloc to recall a candidate (list of candidates), to be submitted to this election commission in accordance with Clause 27 or 28, Article 38 of this Federal Law.
3. Registration of a candidate shall be annulled by the election commission that registered the candidate if the candidates is disfranchised of a passive electoral right.
4. Registration of a list of candidates shall be annulled if the number of candidates, who were removed from the list of candidates on the basis of the statements of candidates about withdrawal of their candidatures, by a decision of an electoral association, electoral bloc to remove candidates from the list of candidates (save the cases where candidates were removed owing to compelling circumstances) and by a decision of an election commission to remove candidates from the list of candidates on the grounds indicated in Clause 23, Article 38 of this Federal Law, exceeds 25 percent of the number of candidates in a certified list of candidates.
5. Registration of a candidate (list of candidates) may be cancelled by a court on the basis of an application of an election commission which registered the candidate (list of candidates), on the basis of an application of a candidate registered in the same electoral district, application of an electoral association, electoral bloc a list of which was registered in the same electoral district in the following cases:
a) new circumstances have come to light, which constitute a ground for refusal of registration in accordance with Clause 23, Article 38 of this Federal Law;
b) in order to achieve a definite result at the election, a candidate, an electoral association, electoral bloc, their authorized representatives have used financial resources other than those of their own electoral fund in an amount exceeding by more than 5 percent the maximum limit of all expenditures from an electoral fund established by law or in the event of exceeding by more than 5 percent of the maximum limit of all expenditures from an electoral fund established by law;
c) a candidate, leader of an electoral association, electoral bloc have taken advantage of their office or official position ;
d) it has been established that voters were bribed by candidates, electoral associations, electoral blocs, their authorized representatives or agents or by some other persons or organizations acting on the instructions of candidates, electoral associations, electoral blocs, their agents or authorized representatives;
e) a candidate, an electoral association, electoral bloc has violated the requirements of Clause 1, Article 56 of this Federal Law;
f) it has been established that a candidate concealed the information about his conviction or foreign citizenship (if such fact has been established in respect of a candidate on a list of candidates it may constitute a reason only for removal of this candidate from the list of candidates);
6. Registration of a referendum initiative group, another referendum participant group may be cancelled by a court on the basis of an application of a commission organizing the referendum not later than three days before voting day in the following cases:
a) the rules for advancing of a referendum initiative were violated;
b) members and/or authorized representatives of the referendum initiative group, another referendum participant group violated the rules of referendum campaigning or the rules of funding a referendum campaign;
c) members and/or authorized representatives of the referendum initiative group, another referendum participant group have taken advantage of their office or official position;
d) it has been established that referendum participants were bribed by members and/or authorized representatives of the referendum initiative group, another referendum participant group;
e) there are other grounds established by this Federal Law, other law.
