Electoral Subjects

1. Electoral subjects in the respective election shall be:

1) a voter who shall have the right to vote in the respective election;

2) an election commission authorized to prepare for and conduct the respective election;

3) a party (party organization) which nominated candidates in the respective election;

4) a candidate registered to participate in the respective election in accordance with the procedure established by this Code;

5) an official observer from a candidate or a party (party organization) that are electoral subjects, or from a nongovernmental organization, registered in accordance with the procedure established by this Code.

2. A candidate whose registration has been cancelled on the grounds and in accordance with the procedure established by this Code, shall lose the status of a candidate in the respective election from the day following the expiration of the term for appealing against such a decision, or, in case of appeal, from the day following the day of entry into force of the respective court decision.

3. A party (party organization), which has been denied the registration of all candidates which it has nominated, or the registration of all candidates from which has been cancelled on the grounds and in accordance with the procedure established by this Code, shall lose the status of an electoral subject from the day following the day on which the term to appeal against such a decision expires or, in case of an appeal, from the day following the day of entry into force of the respective court decision.

4. Precinct election commissions shall be deemed electoral subjects of all election processes, in preparation and conduct of which they participate at the same time.