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Article S 4
 

• 1. The central electoral committee shall remove from the list for a province, in the order indicated in this paragraph, the name of the candidate:


o a. who is not listed in accordance with the provisions pursuant to Article R 6;


o b. who has not submitted a declaration that they agree to their nomination on the list for this province;


o c. whose place of residence is located outside the European part of the Netherlands, if a proxy has not been appointed;


o d. who, during the term of office of the Senate for which the election will take place, does not reach the age required for taking a seat in that body;


o e. who appears on more than one of the lists submitted for this province;


o f. for whom an extract from the death register or a copy of the death certificate has been submitted;


o g. that appears on the list after the maximum permitted number.


• 2. The central electoral committee shall remove, in the order indicated in this paragraph, the designation of a political grouping from the list for a province if:


o a. a relevant declaration as referred to in Article R 7 is missing;


o b. the designation appears above more than one of the lists submitted to the central electoral committee for that province.


• 3 If the designation of a political grouping does not correspond with the one under which it is registered, the central electoral committee shall officially bring it into line.