(1) The Land list should be submitted as shown in Annex 20. It must contain 1. the name of the party submitting the list and any shortened form of the party name  that the party may use,

2. address (main residence) of each candidate,

It should also contain the names and addresses of the spokesperson and deputy  spokesperson.

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(2) The Land list must bear the personal handwritten signatures of at least three  members of the executive committee of the party’s Land branch, including that of the  chairperson or his or her deputy. If a party does not have a Land branch or an overarching  Land organisation in the Land in question, the Land list must be signed, in accordance  with the first sentence, by the executive committees of the next lower regional branches  located within the territory of the Land. The signatures of the submitting executive  committee suffice if it produces a written authorisation corresponding to the provision in  the first sentence from the other executive committees involved within the stipulated  submission period.

(3) The parties specified in section 18 subsection (2) of the Federal Elections Act must  furnish the number of signatures also required under section 27 subsection (1) of the  Federal Elections Act on official forms as shown in Annex 21. The Land Returning Officer  supplies the forms free of charge upon request; he or she may also provide them as a  master copy, either in printed or electronic form. A request for a form must contain the  name of the party which intends to submit the Land list and any shortened form of the  party name that the party may use. The Land Returning Officer must record this information  at the head of the forms. Otherwise, section 34 subsection (4) applies accordingly.

(4) The Land list must be accompanied by 

1. selection and have not given their consent to be named as candidates in any other  Land list, and an affirmation in lieu of an oath to the Land Returning Officer, stating  that they are not a member of any party other than the party submitting the Land list  and are not a candidate in a non-party constituency nomination as per section 20  subsection (3) of the Federal Elections Act, both in the form shown in Annex 22; with  regard to the acceptance of the affirmation in lieu of an oath, section 21 subsection  (6), third sentence, of the Federal Elections Act applies accordingly, 


2. confirming that the proposed candidates are eligible to stand for election, 3. a copy of the record documenting the decision taken at the assembly of party  members or delegates at which the candidates were selected and the order of the  candidates on the Land list was determined, together with the affirmation in lieu of  an oath prescribed in section 21 subsection (6) of the Federal Elections Act, which

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must also cover an affirmation that the order of the names on the Land list was  determined by secret ballot; the record should be drawn up as shown in Annex 23  and the affirmation in lieu of an oath provided as shown in Annex 24,

4. the right to vote for each signatory (subsection (3), fifth sentence), if the Land list in  question is submitted by a political party as referred to in section 18 subsection (2)  of the Federal Elections Act.

(5) Section 34 subsections (6) and (7) apply accordingly.