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Article 88
 

1. During the Russian Federation presidential election held immediately after this Federal Law has entered into force political public association having been recognized as electoral association and having possessed the right to make proposals of candidates to be included in the Election Commission composition, proposals of sending invitations to foreign (international) observers before this Federal Law enters into force shall reserve the right to make these proposals in case of its reorganization that does not have any effect on its status as a political public association, or in case of its reorganization into a political party. Voluntary unification of two or more electoral associations having been recognized as electoral block and having possessed the right to make proposals of candidates to be included in the Election Commission composition before this Federal Law enters into force shall reserve the right to make these proposals. This electoral block can by the decision of an authorized body grant the above right to one of its electoral associations or to the electoral association founders of which are the electoral associations constituting a part of this electoral block. The mentioned electoral association shall, in case of its reorganization that does not have any effect on its status as a political public association or in case of its reorganization into a political party, reserve the right to make the said proposals.


2. If the Russian Federation presidential election to be the first one after this Federal Law has entered into force will be called before the expiration of two years as from the date of entry into force of the Federal Law On Political Parties, all-Russia political public associations may take part in the said election on the basis of a right of a political party. The above political public associations or changes and amendments introduced into the charters of the public associations in order to ensure their political status shall be registered not later than a year before the voting date. The said period shall not apply to other changes and amendments introduced into the charters of political public associations.