§ Article 65(untitled)

rocedure for nominating candidates for deputies by collecting voter
 signatures
 Nomination of a candidate for deputy of the House of Representatives by collecting
signatures of voters is carried out by a group of voters (initiative group) of at least 10 people,
and a candidate for deputy of the local Council of Deputies is carried out by an initiative group
of 3 to 10 people. To register an initiative group, no later than 65 days before the elections, a
person who intends to be nominated as a candidate for deputy submits to the relevant district
or territorial election commission:
 a written application for registration of an initiative group, which indicates the surname, first
name and patronymic (if any), date of birth, position of the employee (worker's profession,
occupation), place of work and place of residence, party affiliation of the person intending to
be nominated as a candidate for deputy;
 copies of passport pages confirming citizenship of the Republic of Belarus and registration
on the territory of the Republic of Belarus (copy of the front side of the identification card of a
citizen of the Republic of Belarus) of a person who intends to be nominated as a candidate for
deputy;
 a list of members of the initiative group, in which, for each member of the initiative group
and its leader, the surname, first name and patronymic (if any), date of birth, place of residence,
series and number of the passport of a citizen of the Republic of Belarus are indicated (number
of the identification card of a citizen of the Republic of Belarus) . The list also indicates the last
name, first name and patronymic of the person proposed for nomination as a candidate for
deputy. The list of members of the initiative group is presented in printed form.
 A person who intends to be nominated as a candidate for deputy has the right to submit
an application for registration of an initiative group only in one electoral district for the election
of a deputy of the House of Representatives or in one electoral district for the election of a
deputy of the local Council of Deputies of one or more territorial levels.
 A person who intends to be nominated as a candidate for deputy submits to the relevant
district or territorial election commission the documents specified in part one of this article and
presents a passport of a citizen of the Republic of Belarus (identification card of a citizen of the
Republic of Belarus). Documents can be submitted to the district or territorial election
commission by a representative of a person who intends to be nominated as a candidate for
deputy, exercising his powers on the basis of a notarized power of attorney or a power of
attorney certified in the manner established by paragraph 3 and part one of paragraph 4 of
Article 186 of the Civil Code of the Republic of Belarus .
 A person who intends to be nominated as a candidate for deputy, or the head of an initiative
group, has the right to make changes to the documents submitted for registration of the
initiative group no later than one day before the district or territorial election commission
considers the issue of registering the initiative group, as well as to become familiar with the
verification materials these documents.
 The district, territorial election commission considers the application within five days from
the date of its receipt, registers the initiative group and issues to the members of the initiative
group the appropriate certificates and signature sheets for collecting voter signatures in
support of the person proposed for nomination as a candidate for deputy (hereinafter referred
to as the signature sheet) . Registration of an initiative group is denied in case of violation of
the requirements of this Code.
 The decision of the district election commission to refuse to register an initiative group for
nomination as a candidate for deputy may be appealed by a person who intends to be
nominated as a candidate for deputy to the relevant regional, Minsk city election commission
within three days from the date of the decision, and the decision of the regional, Minsk city
election commission commission within the same period can be appealed to the regional or
Minsk City Court. The court considers the complaint within three days, its decision is final.
 The decision of the territorial election commission to refuse to register an initiative group
to nominate a candidate for deputy of the local Council of Deputies may be appealed by a
person who intends to be nominated as a candidate for deputy to a higher territorial election
commission within three days from the date of the decision, and the decision of a higher
territorial election commission in the same period can be appealed, respectively, to the regional
or district court. The court considers the complaint within three days, its decision is final.
 The district or territorial election commission has the right, without prior warning, to cancel
the decision to register an initiative group in the event of repeated violation by members of the
initiative group of the requirements of this Code, if a warning was previously issued.
 The district or territorial election commission, without prior warning, cancels the decision to
register an initiative group if the person nominated as a candidate for deputy fails to comply
with the requirements provided for in part two of this article. Decisions on registration of all
initiative groups collecting voter signatures in support of such a person are subject to
cancellation.
 The decision of a district or territorial election commission to cancel the decision to register
an initiative group may be appealed by a person nominated as a candidate for deputy to a
higher territorial election commission within three days from the date of the decision, and the
decision of a higher territorial election commission within the same period may be appealed
accordingly to the regional, Minsk city, district court. The court considers the complaint within
three days, its decision is final.
 The district or territorial election commission cancels the decision to register an initiative
group on the basis of an application from a person nominated as a candidate for deputy,
submitted to the relevant commission.
 A person proposed for nomination as a candidate for the House of Representatives in an
electoral district by a group of voters must be supported by at least 1,000 voters living in the
territory of this electoral district, and a person proposed for nomination as a candidate for a
deputy of the local Council of Deputies must be supported by at least one percent of voters,
living in the territory of a given electoral district, but not less than 10 voters. The decision of the
territorial election commission on the number of voter signatures required to register a
candidate for each electoral district for elections to the relevant local Council of Deputies, no
later than 70 days before the elections, is sent to the print media for publication, as well as to
the relevant local executive and administrative authority for placement on the official website
on the global computer network Internet. The specified decision of the city (city of district
subordination), settlement, rural election commission within the same period may be brought
to the attention of citizens in another way.
 The signature sheets must contain the signatures of voters living in the territory of the
electoral district.
 The collection of voter signatures for the nomination of a candidate for deputy and the
certification of the signature sheet are carried out in the manner prescribed by parts nine, eleven
to fifteen of Article 61 of this Code. Violation of the requirements of part thirteen of Article 61
of this Code may be grounds for refusing to register a candidate for deputy or canceling the
decision on his registration.
 Voters who nominated a candidate for deputy by collecting signatures have the right, before
submitting signature sheets to the district or territorial election commission, to remove their
signatures from the signature sheets by submitting an application to the relevant election
commission.