Proposal for Candidate

(1) The proposal for a candidate shall contain

a) name, surname and degree of the candidate,

b) date of birth,

c) employment of the candidate at the time of proposal submission,

d) address of permanent residence of the candidate,

e) the statement of the candidate listed in the list of candidates, which must be confirmed by the handwritten signature of the candidate, that they agree with their candidature and meet the conditions for their election as President.

(2) The petition must also contain the name, surname and date of birth of the voter, address of permanent residence, which means the name of municipality, street name if the municipality is divided into streets, house number, and the signature of the voter.

(3) Within seven days from the delivery of the proposal for candidate, the Speaker of the National Council of the Slovak Republic shall review the proposal, whether it contains data as provided by law; for a petition, whether it contains the particulars pursuant to Paragraph 1 and 2, and whether it is obvious from each petition sheet that it is a petition for a certain candidate. If the proposal meets the set conditions, the Speaker of the National Council of the Slovak Republic shall accept the proposal otherwise he/she shall refuse it. The Speaker of the National Council of the Slovak Republic shall publish a notice of acceptance of the proposal at the website of the National Council of the Slovak Republic and deliver it to the candidate for President to the

address provided, otherwise to the address of his/her permanent residence. Within 24 hours from the refusal of the proposal, the Speaker of the National Council of the Slovak Republic shall deliver a notice of refusal of the proposal to the candidate for President to the address provided, otherwise to the address of his/her permanent residence, and at the same time, he/she shall publish it at the website of the National Council of the Slovak Republic; if the candidate for President fails to take over the notice or he/she is not present at the address provided or at the address of permanent residence, the time of publishing at the website of the National Council of the Slovak Republic shall be considered the time of delivery.

(4) Within 24 hours from the acceptance of the proposal for candidate, the Speaker of the National Council of the Slovak Republic shall notify the State Commission of the candidate’s name, surname, degree, age, employment and permanent residence address. 

(5) The candidate may submit against the refusal of the proposal for candidate a proposal for the issuance of a decision on the acceptance of their proposal for candidate to an administrative court.

(6) If the administrative court makes decision on the acceptance of the proposal for candidate, the Speaker of the National Council of the Slovak Republic shall notify the facts pursuant to Paragraph 4 to the State Commission within 24 hours from the delivery of the decision.