Registration of participants in the Local Referendum

(1) After publication by the Central Electoral Commission of the list of political par­ties entitled to participate in the Local Referendum, drawn up in accordance with Arti­cle 27 lit. g), but not earlier than 50 days and not later than 40 days before the date of holding of the Local Referendum, those political parties shall submit to the District Elec­toral Council the application for registration as a participant in a referendum, signed by the person authorised in accordance with statutory rules.

(2) The application shall be accompanied by the following documents:

a) minutes of the meeting of the body empowered in accordance with the statutory rules on participation in the Local Referendum, together with the nominal list of participants in the meeting of the responsible body and the documents confirming the numerical and nominal composition of the re­sponsible body;

b) the declaration of the selected option in the Local Referendum: ‘YES’ or ‘NO’;

c) a copy of the political party statute, with all amendments and additions, reg­istered in accordance with legislation;

d) a request for confirmation of the representative entitled to an advisory vote and/or the treasurer, as appropriate.

(3) The template of the request and the supporting documents shall be approved by the Central Electoral Commission.

(4) The District Electoral Council shall, within 3 days, consider the application and the attached documents and adopts a decision on the registration of the political party or of the electoral bloc of parties as a participant in the Local Referendum or a decision on the refusal of the registration of the political party or of the electoral bloc of parties as a participant in the Local Referendum. The grounded decision refusing to register the par­ticipant in the referendum shall be notified to the latter within 24 hours of its adoption.

^{[Art.231 (1, 2) amended by Law No. 130 of 29 May 2025, in force as of 3 June 2025]}