(1) The election office shall verify the recommendations.

(2) In verifying recommendations, it shall be checked whether the requirements referred to in section 122 are complied with, the recommending voters shall be identified, and it shall be established whether they have the right of suffrage and whether the number of valid recommendations reaches the limit required for being a candidate.

(3) The identification of the recommending voters and the verification of their eligibility shall be carried out by comparing the data indicated on the recommendation sheets with information in the central electoral register and the polling district and constituency register.