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Article 4.04
 

The application for certification of a political party or independent candidate must include a list setting out the name, original signature, and National Identity number of each registered voter who supports the application of the political party or independent candidate.

 

The signature form shall be prescribed by the Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina.  These forms shall be pre-printed forms and shall contain, a space for the name of the political party or independent candidate, and sequential serial numbers.  Political parties and independent candidates shall only collect signatures on the forms assigned to them by the election commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina.  Other forms submitted by a political party or independent candidate shall not be accepted.

 

The signature form shall also include the name, original signature and National Identity number of the person(s) who are responsible for collecting the supporter’s signatures.

 

In order to be certified for participation in the elections, a political party must present to the Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina its application for participation in the elections, which contains at least:

 



three thousand (3,000) signatures of registered voters for the elections for the members of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina;



three thousand (3,000) signatures of registered voters for the elections for the members of the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina;



two thousand (2,000) signatures of registered voters for the elections for the members of the House of Representatives of the Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina or for the members of the National Assembly of the Republika Srpska;



five hundred (500) signatures of registered voters for elections for the delegates of the Cantonal Assemblies of the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina;



one hundred (100) signatures of registered voters for the elections for the Municipal Council/Assembly and for the Mayor in a municipality when the Mayor is directly elected in which the number of registered voters in the Central Voters Register in the previous elections did not exceed ten thousand (10,000) voters, or two hundred (200) signatures for the election in the municipality in which this number exceeded ten thousand (10,000) registered voters.



 



fifty (50) signatures of voters registered for the election of Municipal Council/Assembly and for the direct election of the mayor in a municipality in which the number of registered voters in the Central Voters Register at the last elections did not exceed a thousand (1000) registered voters.