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Registration of party lists and candidates for members of a Sakrebulo nominated in a local majoritarian electoral district

1. During the Sakrebulo elections, the appropriate DEC chairperson shall examine the documents of the party list submitted by a party/electoral bloc
and the documents submitted for the registration of a Sakrebulo nominee in the local majoritarian electoral district. The respective DEC chairperson
shall, within two days of receiving the documents, but not later than 28th day before Election Day:

a) register for the elections a party list, Sakrebulo candidates nominated by the electoral subject, provided the submitted party list and the accompanying
documents, as well as the registration documents of a Sakrebulo majoritarian candidate meet the requirements referred to by this Law;

b) notify the representative of an electoral subject in writing of the non-conformity (if any) of the data in the party list and in its accompanying
documents , as well as the non-conformity of the data in the registration documents of a Sakrebulo majoritarian candidate with the requirements
referred to by this Law (specifying the details of non-conformity); a representative of the party/electoral bloc/initiative group of voters shall be given
two days to bring the above list and documents in compliance with the requirements.

2. The corrected details referred to in paragraph (1)(b) of this article shall be verified and the question of registration for elections shall be decided
within three days after such details are submitted.

3. If the corrected details meet the requirements referred to by this Law, the respective DEC chairperson shall register for elections a Sakrebulo
majoritarian candidate if a party list or that part of the party list that meets the requirements referred to by this Law (if the number of candidates in that
part of the list is not less than the statutory minimum) and issue, within the same time frame, a decree on refusing electoral registration to the rest of the
candidates (the decree shall specify the reasons for refusal of registration and those legal provisions upon which the noncompliance is based). The decree
shall be immediately communicated to a representative of a party/electoral bloc/initiative group of voters and delivered to him/her upon request.

4. The respective DEC chairperson shall issue certificates to candidates for members of a Sakrebulo within three days after registration of candidates.

5. A candidate nominated in an electoral district shall be registered if the following documents are submitted:

a) a candidate’s registration card specifying that the candidate has permanently resided in Georgia for five years, including the last two years

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b) an application for nomination of the candidate endorsed by signatures of the leaders of the respective parties/electoral blocs

c) two photos of the candidate

d) the candidate’s consent to run in the polling.

6. A party list or a Sakrebulo candidate nominated by an electoral subject shall not be registered taking into account the requirement of the first, second
and third paragraphs of this article, or their electoral registration shall be cancelled by a decree of the respective election commission chairperson or by
court decision (in the case provided for in subparagraph (g) of this paragraph):

a) if the registration card does not indicate:

a.a) the candidate’s first name, last name

a.b) the candidate’s personal number of a citizen of Georgia

a.c) the candidate’s date of birth (day, month, year)

a.d) the candidate’s address (according to a Georgian citizen’s identity card or the Agency database)

a.e) the candidate’s party affiliation (in the case of party membership), and if the candidate has no party affiliation, the word ‘non-partisan’ shall be
indicated

a.f) the candidate’s position and work place; if unemployed, ‘unemployed’ shall be indicated

a.g) the fact of a candidate’s permanent residence in Georgia for five years, including the last two years

a.h) the candidate’s consent to run for the Sakrebulo

a.i) the name and number of the local majoritarian electoral district, in which the candidate is nominated as a majoritarian candidate;

a.j) the date of the completion of the registration card;

b) if the candidate entered on the party list is a member of any other party participating in the elections;

c) if the candidate is entered on more than one party list and there is or was his/her consent to be simultaneously included in more than one party list;

d) if the candidate entered on a party list gives a written consent to be nominated as a candidate by any other party/electoral group/initiative group of
voters;

e) if there is or was a consent of a Sakrebulo candidate to be simultaneously nominated as a candidate for another Sakrebulo or Mayor/Gamgebeli;

f) if, not later than on the second day before Election Day, the number of candidates on a registered party list is lower than the minimum number
established by this Law;

g) if the requirements of Article 47 of this Law have been violated.

7. The DEC chairperson shall not register a candidate if the requirements listed in the fifth and sixth paragraphs of this article are not met.

8. A party/electoral bloc shall have the right to request to run in elections under the number assigned to it during the previous parliamentary elections.
The party/electoral bloc shall submit an application to this effect to the CEC not later than the 40th day before Election Day. If during the previous
parliamentary election the sequence number was assigned to an electoral bloc, the first party in the list of the bloc members shall have the right to use
this number. Unless the right under this paragraph is exercised in the election to be held through the proportional electoral system, the sequence of
parties and electoral blocs independently running in the election for a local self-government representative body Sakrebulo shall be determined
according to the appropriate sequence of results of the previous parliamentary elections. Unless an electoral bloc that ran in the previous parliamentary
elections runs in the Sakrebulo elections, the first party in the list of the bloc members shall have the right to use the sequence number assigned to the
electoral bloc. If the first party in the list waives the right, the following party in the list shall have the right to use the number, etc. If the parties that
ran in the previous parliamentary elections create a bloc for Sakrebulo elections, they shall specify in the bloc statutes which party’s sequence number
they intend to use. If any party/electoral bloc fails to exercise the right to use the sequence number, the parties/electoral blocs standing next in the list
shall move up.

9. The sequence order of electoral subjects shall be determined by lot under Article 119(2-6) of this Law not later than the 30th day before Election Day.
The serial numbers of these electoral subjects shall start with the number which is greater by one than the last serial number assigned to the electoral
subjects provided for in the eighth paragraph of this article.

10. For elections held under the majoritarian electoral system, candidates nominated by electoral subjects shall be assigned the serial numbers of their
nominating electoral subjects.

11. If the registration of an electoral subject is cancelled after it has been assigned a serial number, the remaining electoral subjects shall maintain their
previously assigned serial numbers.

12. Information regarding the sequential order of electoral subjects shall be published on the official CEC website not later than three days after the
registration deadline expires. A list of the subjects that have been denied registration shall also be published within the same time frame.

Organic Law of Georgia No 2093 of 7 March 2014 – website, 14.3.2014

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Article 146 - Revocation of decisions on nomination of candidates

1. After registration, a party/electoral bloc/initiative group of voters may revoke its decision to nominate a candidate not later than 10 days before
polling day.

2. A candidate may withdraw his/her candidacy not later than 10 days before Election Day by filing an application with the respective DEC.

21. The procedures under the first and second paragraphs of this article shall not apply to the second round of elections.

3. The DEC concerned shall immediately publish on the official CEC website the information on cancellation of a candidate’s registration or on
revocation of a decision to nominate a candidate.

Organic Law of Georgia No 2093 of 7 March 2014 – website, 14.3.2014