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Article 67
 

Procedure for submitting a list


(1) The State i.e. Municipal Election Commission i.e. Election Commission of the City of Skopje from Article 66 of this Code, shall, upon the receipt of the lists of candidate i.e. candidates, examine whether they have been submitted within the prescribed deadline and whether the lists have been compiled in accordance with the provisions of this Code.
(2) Should the State i.e. Municipal Election Commission i.e. Election Commission of the City of Skopje establish irregularities in the list, it shall call upon the authorised representative of the list submitter, i.e., the first signed candidate for Member of Parliament, to eliminate the irregularities within 48 hours from the receipt of the lists.
(3) Should the State i.e. Municipal Election Commission i.e. Election Commission of the City of Skopje establish that the lists have been submitted within the prescribed deadline and have been compiled in accordance with the provisions of this Code, i.e. the irregularities and the omissions have been eliminated by the lists submitters within the deadline prescribed in paragraph (2) of this article, it shall confirm the submitted lists by passing a decision.
(4) Should the State i.e. Municipal Election Commission i.e. Election Commission of the City of Skopje establish that the lists have not been duly submitted, i.e. the irregularities and the omissions have not been eliminated by the list submitters within the deadline prescribed in paragraph (2) of this article, the submitted lists shall be rejected by passing a decision within 24 hours from the receipt of the lists.
(5) The decision of the Municipal Election Commission i.e. Election Commission of the City of Skopje referred to in paragraph (4) of this article can be appealed to the Administrative Court within 24 hours upon the receipt of the decision.
(6) The decision of the State Election Commission from paragraph (4) of this article can be appealed to the Administrative Court through the State Election Commission within 24 hours upon receipt of the decision.
(7) The Administrative Court is obliged to pass a decision within 24 hours upon the receipt of the appeal.
(8) Submission of complaints and appeals by post shall not be permitted.
(9) Complaints and appeals on the out-of-country voting can only be submitted via email, in person or through an authorized representative. The time when the citizen sent the email to the State Election Commission shall be considered as time when the complaint was submitted.