Initiative group proposing a candidate for the position of the President of the Republic of Moldova by initiative
(1) Where the initiative for proposing a candidate for the position of the President of the Republic of Moldova comes from citizens, an initiative group for proposing a candidate for the position of the President of the Republic of Moldova shall be formed including no less than 25 individuals with the right to vote.
(2) No later than 55 days before the election, the person nominated as candidate for the position of the President of the Republic of Moldova shall submit membership lists of the initiative group to the Central Electoral Commission and indicate the head of the group. The list must contain the last and first name, year of birth, profession, position (occupation), place of employment, place of residence and party membership of the person proposed as candidate for the position of the President of the Republic of Moldova, as well as the last and first name, year of birth and place of residence of the members of the group.
(3) The Central Electoral Commission shall register the initiative group and, within 5 days of the presentation of the list of members, issue them certifications.
(4) Collection of signatures for the support of a candidate is carried out only by the members of the initiative group.
(5) The petitions for collecting signatures for the support of a candidate for the position of the President of the Republic of Moldova must contain the last and first name, year of birth, profession, position (occupation), place of employment, place of residence and party membership of the candidate for the position of the President of the Republic of Moldova, as well as the last and first name, year of birth and place of residence of the member of the initiative group who collects the signatures. Petitions shall contain signatures of voters who live in the same locality.
(6) Voters who support the candidacy shall indicate on the petition their first and last name, year of birth, place of residence, type and number of identification document, date of signing, and signature.
(7) Each voter has the right to sign the petition of only one candidate for the position of the President of the Republic of Moldova.
(8) The member of the initiative group who gathers the voter signatures must sign every petition in the presence of the head of the local public administration authority in which territory the signatures have been collected. The petition shall be certified by stamping it with the official stamp of the respective local public administration.
(9) No later than 40 days before the election the petitions shall be submitted to the district electoral commission, which, in a 5-day period, shall verify the authenticity of the signatures. A report shall be prepared regarding the number of voters who signed the petitions for proposing the candidate for the position of the President of the Republic of Moldova. This report shall be immediately submitted to the Central Electoral Commission.
(10) Gathering of signatures for the support ot candidates for the position of the President of the Republic of Moldova nominated by parties, social-political organizations, and electoral blocs shall be implemented using the guidelines described by points 2-8 of this article.
(11) The Central Electoral Commission shall verify the authenticity of the data on petitions and shall issue a ruling on the registration or rejection of the candidate for the position of president.
(12) The members of the initiative group which gather signatures shall be responsible for the authenticity of the data on petitions, Petitions which contain signatures by persons without the right to vote, petitions on which signatures have been written before the official start of the nomination of candidates or petitions which have not been signed by the members of the initiative group, or have not been certified by the stamp of the local public administration authority shall be considered null and void.
