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Article 37
 

Materials of Pre-Election Campaign Publicity

1. The constituency (territorial) election commission shall ensure the printing of materials about candidates at the expense of funds allocated for the conduct of elections. The number of copies printed shall be determined by constituency (territorial) commission, and must be equal for all candidates registered in the respective election constituency.

2. For the printing of pre-election materials about the candidate, he/she must submit to the constituency (territorial) election commission, along with other documents for registration, his/her pre-election program, autobiography up to two pages long of typewritten text typed in a format of one and a half space. Pre-election posters must not contain false data or commercial advertisement.

3. Candidates are obliged to submit to constituency (territorial) election commission drafts of pre-election campaign publicity materials signed by them, the manufacturing of which is to be accomplished on a contractual basis within the limits of the respective election fund, and also to notify of the number of copies to be printed.

4. Printed campaign publicity materials must inscribe information about the organization, institution, persons in charge of their manufacturing, as well as initial data about the institution which printed them, the amount of material printed.

5. Candidates or their authorized persons are obliged no later than within three days after materials were manufactured, to submit one copy of each type of printed campaign publicity materials to the constituency (territorial) election commission with the signature of the respective candidate.

6. Mass media, the founder or one of the co-founders of which is a local body of executive power or a body of local self-government, as well as mass media which are fully or partially financed at the expanse of state funds or funds of local self-government, are obliged to ensure equal opportunities for pre-election speeches of candidates, their authorized persons.

7. The mass media are obliged to refrain from publicizing unverified materials which compromise candidates. It is prohibited to publish or disseminate in any other way the results of public opinion polls during the last 10 days prior to the election day, and on the day of elections. If the mass media have publicized compromising materials regarding a candidate, they are obliged, no later than 5 days before the elections, to render the respective candidate or his/her authorized person, at their request, an opportunity for refutation of such materials.

8. Bodies of local self-government shall allot special places and set up stands, boards for placement of pre-election campaign publicity materials. They may adopt a decision banning posting of these materials on particular buildings which are historical monuments, monuments of architecture, and in the places where they could impede the safety of road traffic.