Presentation of the proposals for the federal elections

(1) Parties taking part in the election which have put forward proposals for the provincial elections are only entitled to receive seats in the third counting procedure, when they have put forward a federal list of candidates and are not prevented from receiving seats according to § 107, para 2.

(2) The federal list of candidates has to be submitted to the federal elections authority not later than on the forty eigths day before the election day; it has to feature the same party name as all provincial lists of candidates attributable to it in the third counting procedure and must be co-signed by at least one authorized recipient of an attributable provincial list of candidates.

(3) The federal list of candidates must contain the following:

1. the party name in words and any abbreviation in letters;

2. the federal party list, which is a list of candidates applying for a seat in the third counting procedure;

3. the name of the authorized recipient (first name, family or last name, profession, residential address), who must meet the requirements of § 41.

(4) In the federal party list, the candidates are to be listed in the order applied for in Arabic digits, including the first name, family or last name, year of birth, profession and residential address of each candidate. A maximum of three times the total number of candidates appearing in the provincial lists of candidates of the respective party may be listed. The federal list of candidates may also include persons who appear as candidates of this party in a provincial list of candidates in one of the provincial constituencies. In the case of a candidate who already appear in a provincial list of candidates of the party submitting the federal list of candidates in one of the provincial constituencies, it has to be indicated in which party list (provincial party list, regional party list) he or she has been entered as a candidate in a provincial list of candidates. A candidate who does not appear in a provincial list of candidates may only be included in the federal party list if the candidate gave his or her written consent. If the name of a candidate in the federal list of candidates of a party appears in a provincial list of candidates of another party, the name is to be deleted in that federal list of candidates. If several federal lists of candidates list the name of a candidate who does not appear in a provincial list of candidates, the federal election authority has to ask the candidate to declare within forty-eight hours which of the federal lists of candidates the candidate decides to appear in; in all other federal lists of candidates, the candidate is to be deleted. If the candidate does not make a declaration within the period specified, the candidate is to be left in the federal list of candidates featuring the candidate’s name that was received first.

(5) The federal elections authority has to immediately verify whether the federal list of candidates complies with the regulations set out in paras 2 and 3. The federal returning officer has to act in accordance with the regulations set out in § 42, para 1. Proposals for the federal elections which do not fulfil these requirements are considered as not being submitted.

(6) Not later than on the forty forth day before the election day, the federal elections authority has to finalize the federal lists of candidates and to publish them, without street names and reference numbers, on the official notice board of the Federal Ministry of the Interior and on the Internet. At the same time, it has to inform the provincial election authorities on the published lists via the means of electronic communications.

(7) The federal election authority has to provide the authorities being responsible for the issuance of voting cards at least thirty days before the election a compilation which contains the published federal list of candidates. The number of those compilations has to be equal to the number of voting card forms provided (§ 39 para 3).

(8) The party can replace the authorized recipient of the federal list of candidates by another authorized recipient at any time. Declarations to that effect are to be submitted to the federal elections authority and only require the signature of the last authorized recipient. If the last authorized recipient does not agree, the declaration has to be signed by more than half of the candidates named in the list of candidates.