Registration of Lists of Candidates

(1) No later than 70 days before the date of election, the State Commission shall register the lists of candidates, which conform to this Act, as well as the lists of candidates modified pursuant to Article 81 (2). Registration of lists of candidates is the precondition for printing the ballot papers.

(2) Within the time limit pursuant to Paragraph 1, the State Commission shall refuse the registration of the list of candidates, which does not conform to this Act, the list of candidates, which is not accompanied by the list pursuant to Article 80 (4) (b) or if the list is not complete or if the list pursuant to Article 80 (4) (b) is not accompanied by the statement of each member of the political party included in it, as well as the list of candidates, which cannot be modified pursuant to Article 81 (2).

(3) The State Commission shall prepare a decision on the registration of the list of candidates, on the registration of the list of candidates with modifications or on the refusal of registration of the list of candidates without undue delay, the decision shall be signed by its Chairman, and the political parties and coalitions shall be called upon to take over the decision within 24 hours. If a political party or coalition fails to take over the decision within the specified period, the decision shall be considered taken over.

(4) Against the State Commission’s decision on the registration of the list of candidates with modifications pursuant to Article 81 (2) or on the refusal of registration of the list of candidates, the affected candidate political party or coalition may submit to an administrative court a proposal for the issuance of a decision on keeping the candidate in the list of candidates or a proposal for the issuance of a decision on the registration of the list of candidates.

(5) If the administrative court makes decision on keeping the candidate in the list of candidates or on the registration of the list of candidates, the State Commission shall execute the decision of the administrative court within 24 hours from its delivery by designating the registration in the list of candidates.

(6) After the registration of lists of candidates, the State Commission shall hand over the nominal list of candidates by political parties and coalitions to the Ministry of Interior that will ensure its printing in the necessary quantity and delivers it to municipalities through District Offices no later than 40 days before the date of election. The list including the title page also in the language of the national minority shall be delivered to municipalities by the District Office pursuant to a special regulation. Municipalities shall ensure that no later than 25 days before the date of election, the nominal list of candidates is delivered to each household. The nominal list shall contain the number of the list of candidates determined by lot, the name of the political party or names of the political parties creating a coalition, the serial number, name and surname, degree, age, employment of the candidate according to the list of candidates and the municipality of his/her permanent residence. If the political party or political parties creating a coalition have provided their graphic image in the list of candidates, the graphic image shall also be provided in the nominal list of candidates.

(7) The Ministry of Interior fulfils the tasks of a communication centre for mutual exchange of information with other Member States of the European Union.

(8) The list of citizens of other Member State of the European Union provided in registered lists of candidates with the data pursuant to Article 75 (2) and (3) (a) to (d) shall be delivered by the Ministry of Interior to the respective Member State of the European Union no later than 30 days before the date of election.

(9) The list of citizens of the Slovak Republic standing as candidates in other Member State of the European Union shall be immediately submitted by the Ministry of Interior to the State  Commission based on a notice from the competent authority of other Member State of the European Union.

(10) If the State Commission finds out that the candidate provided in the registered list of candidates stands as a candidate also in other Member State of the European Union, it shall immediately ensure the publishing of this fact in polling stations and at the website of the Ministry of Interior. The data on the candidate shall remain in the ballot paper but he/she shall not be taken into account during the allocation of mandates.

(11) If the State Commission finds out, based on the verification results provided by other Member State of the European Union, that the citizen of other Member State of the European Union provided in the registered list of candidates has been deprived of the right to be elected in the Member State of the European Union, he/she is a citizen of, it shall immediately ensure the publishing of this fact in polling stations and at the website of the Ministry of Interior. The data on the candidate shall remain in the ballot paper but he/she shall not be taken into account during the allocation of mandates.