Candidates may be nominated by political parties or groups of parties which have received more than five percent of the valid votes in sum alone or jointly in the latest parliamentary elections or by a hundred thousand electorates. The right to nominate candidates is extended to parties with 5-10% of the valid votes (previously, the bar was 10%) as well as to the general public. The Venice Commission welcomes that the general public should now also be entitled to nominate candidates. Yet, the bar is set relatively high48 and it therefore remains to be seen to what extent this option will be used.