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Article 86
 

Rejecting the registration of the electoral list of a political party (alliance of political parties) or the candidate included in the electoral lists


1. In case there are grounds for rejecting the registration of the national electoral list or any district electoral list of a political party (alliance of political parties), the registration of the electoral list of the given political party (alliance of political parties) shall be rejected.


2. The Central Electoral Commission shall reject the registration of the electoral list of a political party (alliance of political parties), where:


(1) not all the documents have been submitted or the submitted documents are incomplete or falsified;
(2) district electoral lists have not been submitted for all electoral districts in the manner prescribed;
(3) the national electoral list or any district electoral list does not comply with the requirements prescribed by Article 83 of this Code. The registration of the electoral list shall not be rejected on the ground of non-compliance with the requirements prescribed by Article 83 of this Code, when non-compliance is conditioned by a circumstance having emerged after the nomination with the exception of cases when the number of candidates in each of at least 5 district electoral lists presented by a political party (alliance of political parties) falls below 2;
(4) the political party has been dissolved;
(5) the number of political parties included in the alliance of political parties has fallen below 2;
(6) the activities of the political party have been suspended or prohibited.


3. In case objection is raised by a member of the Central Electoral Commission regarding registration of the electoral list of a political party (alliance of political parties), the objection shall be put to vote. The registration of the electoral list of a political party (alliance of political parties) shall be rejected upon the decision adopted by at least 2/3 of votes of the total number of members of the Commission.


4. The Central Electoral Commission shall reject the registration of a candidate included in the electoral lists, where:


(1) he or she does not have the right to be elected;
(2) not all the documents thereon have been submitted, or the submitted documents are incomplete or falsified.


In case the registration of a candidate is rejected, the candidate shall be removed from the national and district electoral lists as prescribed by the Central Electoral Commission.


5. In case an objection is raised by a member of the Central Electoral Commission regarding registration of a candidate included in the electoral lists of a political party (alliance of political parties), the objection shall be put to vote. The registration of a candidate shall be rejected upon the decision adopted by at least 2/3 of votes of the total number of members of the Central Electoral Commission.