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The Election Code, before and after the 2003 amendments, stipulates that the nomination of presidential candidates must be confirmed by the signatures of no less than 50,000 voters (Art. 81.2). The same requirement has to be fulfilled for those parties/election blocs participating in the parliamentary elections that do not have representation in Parliament (Art. 95.9). The nomination of parliamentary candidates in single-member-constituencies by a voters’ initiative group has to be supported by at least 1,000 voters registered in the respective electoral district (Art. 97.6 a). Though the political parties in general had no problems in fulfilling the nomination requirements, it should be noted that the minimum number of 50,000 signatures is relatively high. Thus, it might be appropriate to reduce the number of required signatures.