The list of candidates may be submitted by voters if it is supported by signatures of at least three thousand voters.
On the candidate list none of the genders may be represented by less than 40 percents. Every list must be composed in such a way that at least one candidate of each of the genders is placed on the upper half of the list.
The lists of candidates which do not comply with the provisions of the previous paragraph are null and void.
The provisions of the previous two paragraphs shall not apply for the two candidate lists containing only one or only three male or female candidates, whereby on the list containing three male or female candidates at least one representative of each of the genders shall be included.