Nomination Deadline

(1) The proposed list of candidates and nominations shall be submitted to the competent electoral commission within 12 days from the day of entry into force of the decision on calling for the elections.
(2) After receiving the lists of candidates and nominations, the competent electoral commission shall verify if they have been submitted in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the mandatory instructions by the State Electoral Commission.
(3) If the competent electoral commission should find that the list of candidates or the nomination had not been submitted in accordance with the provisions of this Act, it shall request the applicant to remedy the deficiencies within 48 hours or at the latest by the expiry of the nomination deadline.
(4) Notwithstanding paragraph 3 of this Article, the competent electoral commission may prescribe a shorter deadline for the person submitting the list of candidates to remedy the deficiencies if the nomination deadline should expire in less than 48 hours.