Registration of party lists and candidates for members of a Sakrebulo nominated in a local majoritarian electoral district
1. During the Sakrebulo elections, the appropriate DEC chairperson shall examine the documents of the party list submitted by a party and the documents submitted for the registration of a Sakrebulo nominee in the local majoritarian electoral district. The respective DEC chairperson shall, within two days of receiving the documents, but not later than 28th day before Election Day:
a) register for the elections a party list, a candidate for membership of Sakrebulo nominated by the electoral subject if the party list submitted and the accompanying documents, and the registration documents of a majoritarian candidate for membership of Sakrebulo meet the requirements established by this Law;
b) notify the representative of an electoral subject in writing of a non-compliance (indicating the non-compliance) of the data in the party list and in its accompanying documents, and of the data in the registration documents of a Sakrebulo majoritarian candidate with the requirements established by this Law, if such non-compliance exists. A representative of the party/initiative group of voters shall be allowed 2 days to bring the aforementioned list and documents in compliance with the requirements.
2. The corrected details referred to in paragraph (1)(b) of this article shall be verified and the question of electoral registration shal be decided within 3 days after the details are submitted.
3. If the corrected details meet the requirements referred to by this Law, the respective DEC chairperson shall register for elections a Sakrebulo majoritarian candidate if a party list or that part of the party list that meets the requirements referred to by this Law (i the number of candidates in that part of the list is not less than the statutory minimum) and issue, within the same timeframe, an ordinance on refusing electoral registration to the rest of the candidates (the ordinance shall specify the reasons for refusal of registration and those legal provisions upon which the noncompliance is based). The ordinance shall be immediately communicated to a representative of a party/initiative group of voters and delivered to him/her upon request.4. The respective DEC chairperson shall issue certificates to candidates for members of a municipality representative body Sakrebulo within three days after registration of candidates.
5. A candidate nominated in an electoral district shall be registered if the following documents are submitted:
a) a candidate’s registration card indicating the fact of his/her residence in Georgia for 5 years;
b) an application for nomination of the candidate endorsed by signatures of the head officers of the respective parties;
c) two photos;
d) the candidate’s consent to run in the elections. partisan’ shall be indicated;
6. A party list or a candidate for membership of Sakrebulo nominated by an electoral subject shall not be registered on the basis of the requirement of paragraphs 1-3 of this article, or their electoral registration shall be cancelled by an ordinance of the respective election commission chairperson or by a court decision (in the case provided for in subparagraph (g) of this paragraph):
a) if the registration card does not include:
a.a) the candidate’s first name, last name;
a.b) the candidate’s personal number of a citizen of Georgia;
a.c) the candidate’s date of birth (day, month, year);
a.d) the candidate’s address (according to a Georgian citizen’s identity card or the Agency database);
a.e) the candidate’s party affiliation (if he/she is a member of the party); if the candidate has no party affiliation, the word ‘nonpartisan’ shall be indicated;
a.f) the candidate’s position and work place; if the candidate is unemployed, the word ‘unemployed’ shall be indicated;
a.g) the fact of a candidate’s residence in Georgia for 5 years;
a.h) the candidate’s consent to run for the Sakrebulo;
a.i) the name and number of the local majoritarian electoral district, in which the candidate is nominated as a majoritarian candidate;
a.j) the date of the completion of the registration card;
b) if the candidate entered on the party list is a member of any other party participating in the elections;
c) if the candidate is entered on more than one party list and there is or was his/her consent to be simultaneously included in more than one party list;
d) if the candidate entered on a party list gives a written consent to be nominated as a candidate by any other party/initiative group of voters;
e) if there is or was a consent of a candidate for a Sakrebulo member to be simultaneously nominated as a candidate for another Sakrebulo member or Mayor;
f) if, not later than the 2nd day before Election Day, the number of candidates on a registered party list is less than the minimum number established by this Law;
g) if the requirements of Article 47 of this Law have been violated.
7. The DEC chairperson shall not register a candidate if the requirements of paragraphs 5 and 6 of this article are violated.
Organic Law of Georgia No 2093 of 7 March 2014 – website, 14.3.2014
Organic Law of Georgia No 5438 of 22 June 2016 – website, 12.7.2016
Organic Law of Georgia No 1232 of 26 July 2017 – website, 29.7.2017
Organic Law of Georgia No 1274 of 26 July 2017 – website, 29.7.2017
Organic Law of Georgia No 3272 of 21 July 2018 – website, 30.7.2018
Organic Law of Georgia No 6854 of 15 July 2020 – website, 28.7.2020
Organic Law of Georgia No 703 of 28 June 2021 – website, 29.6.2021
