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Article 369
 

Verification of the Lists. Official Cancellation of Registration


(1) (Amend. – SG 98/14, in force from 28.11.2014; suppl. - SG 39/16, in force from 26.05.2016) The lists under Art. 367, Para. 2 shall be immediately submitted in an electronic format or on paper by the Central Election Commission to the Directorate General Civil Registration and Administrative Services at the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works for verification.
(2) (Amend. – SG 98/14, in force from 28.11.2014) The Directorate General Civil Registration and Administrative Services at the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works shall conduct the verification not later than 27 days in advance of election day.
(3) (Amend. – SG 98/14, in force from 28.11.2014) The Directorate General Civil Registration and Administrative Services at the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works shall draw up a Protocol of the verification results in two copies where one of the copies shall be submitted to the
Central Election Commission. The verification data shall be kept for six months following the elections.
(4) (Amend. –SG 98/14, in force from 28.11.2014) The Central Election Commission shall ascertain the result of the verification of the lists under Art. 367, Para. 2 based on the verification conducted by the Directorate General Civil Registration and Administrative Services at the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works. Upon request of the nomination committee, the Central Election Commission shall present in writing the data from the Protocol under para. 3 and the results ascertained for the lists under Art. 367, Para. 2 submitted by the nomination committee.
(5) Where the Central Election Commission ascertains that the independent candidate is not supported by the required number of voters, the registration of the independent candidate shall be deleted by decision that shall be sent forthwith to the nomination committee.
(6) The decision of the Central Election Commission under Para. 5 may be appealed before the Supreme Administrative Court pursuant to Art. 58.