Collection of signatures for the support to a presidential candidate.

1. A presidential candidate must be supported by at least 30,000 signatures of voters.

2. The collection of signatures shall be carried out from the day of establishment of the candidate’s election fund and shall be organized by the authorized representatives of the candidate. All expenses related to the manufacturing of signature sheets and the collection of signatures shall be incurred only through the election fund of a candidate. Voter signatures in support of a candidate can be collected from the day of payment for the production of signature sheets.

3. Signatures may be collected only among voters having active voting rights. Voter signatures are collected at the place of work, service, study, residence, at campaigning events and in other places where campaigning and signature collection are not prohibited by the present constitutional Law.

State agencies, bodies of local self-government, management bodies of organizations regardless of their form of ownership, institutions, members of election commissions shall not be allowed to participate in the collection of signatures; the coercion of voters in the process of collecting signatures and their remuneration for making a signature shall not be allowed as well.

4. The right to collect signatures shall belong to an adult capable citizen of the Kyrgyz Republic.

5. Voters may sign in support of different candidates, but only once in support of one and the same candidate.

6. The form of the signature sheet, the procedure for collecting and checking signatures shall be determined by the Central Election Commission.

The number of submitted signatures shall not exceed 60 thousand.

7. The signature sheets for collection of signatures in support of a presidential candidate together with the document confirming the payment of the electoral deposit in the amount of 10,000 specified rates established by the legislation shall be submitted by the authorized representatives to the Central Election Commission not later than 50 calendar days prior to the election day. The Central Election Commission within 10 days shall verify the authenticity of signatures with the involvement of registration services and experts of the authorized state forensic agency. When accepting signature sheets, the Central Election Commission shall certify each signature sheet with a seal and issues a written confirmation on accepting the signature sheets.

8. The verification of signatures shall be carried out prior to the establishment of authenticity of signatures in the quantity necessary for a presidential candidate in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article.

Each case of verification must be notified to all candidates who have submitted signatures for registration. All candidates or their authorized representatives who have submitted an established number of signatures may be present during signature verification.

9. The signature sheets shall be considered invalid if the requirements set forth in this Article are not met.

10. The Central Election Commission shall verify the personal data and information of citizens indicated in signature sheets, including using the system of electronic interagency interaction in accordance with the law.

11. Based on the results of the verification, the Central Election Commission shall issue to the candidate or his / her authorized representative a document in the form determined by the Central Election Commission, which confirms the submission of the number of reliable signatures of voters in support of the candidate established by the Constitution and the present constitutional Law.

(In the version of the constitutional Law of the Kyrgyz Republic No 116 dated August 8, 2019)