§ Art. 50Notifications of candidacies

Notifications of candidacies.
Candidacies for election to the office of President of Iceland shall be submitted to the
National Electoral Commission together with the consent of the presidential candidate and a
sufficient number of nomination subscribers eligible to vote, cf. Article 5 of the Constitution,
no later than at 12 noon 36 days prior to polling day. The collection, form and treatment of
nominating petitions shall be governed by the same rules as for elections to the Althingi and
municipal elections, cf. paragraph 2 of Article 41.
The National Electoral Commission makes rulings on the validity of presidential
candidacies. Decisions by the National Electoral Commission may be appealed to the Election
Appeal Committee.
The National Electoral Commission shall publish the candidates on the ballot 30 days
before polling day.