Conditions for Registration Refusal of Registration

(1) The Municipal election commission shall check whether the requirements of the present Section are met and shall decide on the registration of the candidate lists.
(2) Upon ascertainment of any omissions or discrepancies, the municipal election commission shall give immediate directions and a deadline for their elimination. In the event that the omissions or discrepancies are not eliminated by the deadline set, the municipal election commission shall refuse registration.
(3) The refusal under Para. 2 may be appealed before the Central Election Commission under Art. 88.
(4) Upon refusal of registration or upon declaration of invalidity of the registration of a candidate on a list of a political party or coalition of parties, the political party or coalition of parties may propose another candidate for registration not later than 30 days in advance of election day.
(5) (amend. - SG 39/16, in force from 26.05.2016) Should any of the candidates on a registered candidate list of a political party or coalition of parties die or lapse into a sustained inability to participate in the elections or refuses participation, the political party or coalition of parties may propose a new candidate within the term not later than 7 days herein.
(6) (new - SG 39/16, in force from 26.05.2016) In the cases of Para 4 or 5 the new candidate for a municipal councillor shall be listed last in the candidate list, while the remaining candidates shall be rearranged one place forward.