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Collection of signatures to support the candidate for the office of President
of the Republic of Moldova and the independent candidate
(1) For the purposes of this Article, signatures shall only be collected to support
candidates for the office of President of the Republic of Moldova and independent candidates
for the office of Member of Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, councillor of the local council
and/or mayor.
(2) The collection of signatures in support of candidates for one of the elective positions
listed in paragraph (1) shall be carried out in compliance with the general requirements laid
down in this Article and the special conditions laid down in Titles III-V, corresponding to the
type of election for which the candidate is supported, as well as with the regulatory
administrative acts adopted by the Central Electoral Commission to this end, including
ensuring compliance with legislation on the protection of personal data.
(3) Independent candidates and candidates for the office of President of the Republic
of Moldova, as well as members of the initiative groups (collectors) set up to support those
candidates in elections shall have the right to collect signatures. In the case of presidential
elections, the establishment and registration of initiative groups for the collection of signatures
shall be mandatory. In the case of parliamentary and local elections, the independent
candidate may not establish an initiative group if he or she decides to collect signatures alone.
(4) The method of establishing and registering initiative groups to support candidates
for one of the elective positions listed in paragraph (1) shall be laid down in Titles III-V and in
the regulatory administrative acts of the Commission adopted to that effect. The initiative
group, set up under the terms of this Code, shall be registered at:
a) the Central Electoral Commission — in the event of support for the candidate for the
office of President of the Republic of Moldova or the independent candidate for the office of
Member of Parliament of the Republic of Moldova;
b) the electoral constituency council — in the case of support for the independent
candidate for the office of municipal councillor and/or mayor.
(5) The collection of signatures to support the candidate for elections shall start from
the date of appointment of the candidate in accordance with Article 63, but not earlier than the
date of issue of the subscription lists and the badges of the members of the initiative group
and/or the candidate.
(6) Signatures to support the candidate in one of the elective positions listed in
paragraph (1) shall be collected based on the subscription lists, the model of which shall be
approved by the Central Electoral Commission. The electoral body authorised to register the
candidate shall issue subscription lists for the collection of signatures.
(7) The subscription lists shall indicate the elective function for which the signatures
are collected, the candidate’s name and surname, the year of birth, the profession
(occupation), function, place of work and the subject appointing him/her, as well as the name
and surname of the collector.
(8) In the subscription list, the candidate’s supporter personally completes his/her
personal details and affixes his/her signature. If, for objective reasons, the candidate’s
supporter is unable to complete the requested data personally, it shall be completed by the
collector, the signature in the subscription list being affixed directly by the supporter and, in
the event of impossibility, by a representative of the latter.
(9) The collector shall be responsible for ensuring the authenticity of the data contained
therein, for which he/she signs each subscription list drawn up. At the end of each sheet of
the subscription lists, the collector shall make a reference certifying that he/she collected the
signatures personally and that he/she confirms the authenticity of the signatories and then
signs.
(10) The collector shall be liable under the law for infringing the provisions establishing
the procedure for the collection of signatures as well as the provisions on the protection of
personal data.
(11) The candidate’s supporter must be the person who, at the time of signing the
subscription list, has the right to vote. A voter may, by signature, support several candidates,
including for several elective positions, but may not support the same candidate by signature
twice and more.
(12) Depending on the type of elections held, signatures shall be collected:
a) in any locality within the national electoral constituency — in the case of
parliamentary elections;
b) in any locality in at least half of the number of second-level administrative territorial
units established in accordance with Law No 764/2001 on the administrative-territorial
organisation of the Republic of Moldova — in the case of presidential elections;
c) in the locality(s) within the constituency in which he/she is standing as a candidate
— for local elections.
(13) The subscription list shall only contain signatures of supporters who are listed in
a single constituency in which elections are to be held. In the case of elections for President
of the Republic of Moldova, the subscription list shall only contain signatures of supporters in
the same second-level administrative territorial unit.