General Procedure for Nomination of Candidates by a Party Organization

1. The nomination of candidates by a party organization shall be conducted by the party organization at its meeting or conference, pursuant to the procedure prescribed by the party’s charter and this Code.

2. A party organization shall notify a respective territorial election commission, in writing, of the date, time and place of holding a party organization’s meeting or conference with the purpose to nominate candidates, no later than one day prior to the day of holding a party organization’s meeting or conference.

3. A notification of the time and place of holding a party organization’s meeting or conference with the purpose of nominating candidates for local council, and the procedure for accreditation of media representatives at such a meeting, determined by its organizers, shall be published on the official website of a party organization, or, in the case of its unavailability, on the website of the party, no later than five days prior to the day of the meeting or conference.

4. A party organization shall also notify the mass media of the date, time, and place of holding a party organization’s meeting or conference with the purpose of nominating candidates. The procedure for accreditation of media representatives at such a meeting or conference shall be determined by the event organizers.

5. The central executive body that implements the state policy in the field of registration (legalization) of public associations shall, no later than thirty-five days prior to the day of voting, submit, in both paper and electronic form, to the respective territorial election commissions, the information on registered parties and their organizations, with an indication of a party organization’s head, and in the event of replacement of a party organization’s head, or a change of a party organization’s head, shall immediately notify the respective territorial election commissions thereof.