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Article 36
 

Withdrawals and Resignations of Candidates


(1) Any candidate may resign from a candidate list in writing at least 48 hours before the date of the election. Any political party, movement or coalition may also withdraw its nomination of any candidate through its authorised representative in the same way. Neither statement can be withdrawn.


(2) All withdrawal or resignation statements must be delivered to regional authorities.


(3) If a resignation or withdrawal statement is delivered before the registration of the relevant candidate list, the candidate concerned shall not be featured on ballot tickets and the regional authority concerned shall change the order of the remaining candidates accordingly.


(4) If a resignation or withdrawal statement is delivered after the registration of the relevant candidate list, the concerned candidate’s details shall remain in the candidate list but the preference votes given to such candidate during the elections to the Chamber of Deputies shall be disregarded. If a resignation or withdrawal statement is received at least 48 hours before the beginning of the elections to the Chamber of Deputies, the regional authority concerned shall have it posted at all polling stations located within its territory and make sure that it is posted at all polling stations abroad by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.