Special Conditions for Signatures collecting lists

(1) To be registered by the Central Electoral Commission, all candidates for the position of President of the Republic of Moldova shall lodge signatures collecting lists, containing the signatures of at least 15000 and not more than 25000 voters from at least half of the second-level administrative-territorial units of the Republic of Moldova and comply with other provisions of this Code.

(2) The second-level administrative-territorial units of the Republic of Moldova in which at least 600 signatures were collected are considered to be in line with paragraph (1).

(3) If in the process of verification of signatures lists, the Central Electoral Commission identifies fake signatures or repeated signatures in several lists, the respective signatures, as well as those collected with violation of Articles 47 and 48 shall be excluded.

(4) If during the verification of signatures collecting lists it is identified that the necessary number of signatures is not met, or that following the elimination of invalid signatures, the number of signatures falls below the minimum threshold set in paragraphs (1) and (2), the candidate shall not be registered, and the respective decision shall be notified to him/her within 24 hours since its adoption.

(5) No additional signatures collecting lists shall be allowed for submission after the verification of signatures collecting lists by the Central Electoral Commission.