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Article 8
 

Prohibition to Bribe Voters and people Eligible to Vote



1. During the political campaign of presidential election, i.e. from the announcement of a date of presidential election until the end of the period of election campaign as set out by this Law as well as on election day it shall be prohibited to directly or indirectly buy votes, to induce by offering gifts or other rewards a voter or a person eligible to vote to attend or not to attend presidential election and (or) to vote for or against one or another person to be nominated, a candidate for President, as well as to promise to reward voters for voting after the election with the purpose to affect the will of citizens regarding particular candidates for President and thus hinder citizens from implementing their right to elect President.



2. Production or distribution free of charge to voters of the printed matter (a programme, biography of a person to be nominated as a candidate, a candidate, or other leaflets, calendars, postcards, stickers of information character) and things of minor significance (the price of which does not exceed LTL 5) marked with the symbols of the candidate or the nominating party, declared with the CEC in accordance with the procedure laid down by the CEC and intended for propagating a person to be nominated as a candidate, a nominating political party (hereinafter: 'a party') shall not be considered as bribery of voters.


 


3. Municipal Election Commissions (hereinafter: 'MEC') shall, in accordance with the procedure laid down by the CEC, examine the facts of bribery of voters or people eligible to vote, while the CEC shall evaluate such facts.


The CEC shall announce the established facts of bribery on its website together with a pledge of the candidate for President, who has violated this Article, to adhere to the prohibition to bribe voters or people eligible to vote.


After the recognition of the facts of bribery as a grave violation of this Law, the consequences defined in this Law and other laws shall arise.