Submission and Verification of Signatures collecting lists

(1) No later than on the last day of the signature collection term, the initiative group shall draw up a Protocol indicating the number of collected signatures, the date when the initiative group was registered, and the date when the Collecting Signatures was concluded. The Protocols signed by the initiative group members of the together with the signatures collecting lists shall be submitted to the Central Electoral Commission.

(2) Within 15 days of signatures collecting lists submission, the Central Electoral Commission shall check the signature authenticity (in full or randomly) on the submitted lists. Signatures by persons who have signed multiple times shall be eliminated. Signatures collecting lists found in breach of Article 167(1) thereof shall be considered null and void. Upon verification of signatures collecting lists, the Central Electoral Commission shall make a decision on initiating the referendum.

(3) If the required number of signatures was not submitted, the Central Electoral Commission shall make a decision that rejects holding the referendum and cancel the registration of the citizen initiative group.

(4) The Protocol on the verification of signatures collecting lists, the verified signatures collecting lists, and the Central Electoral Commission decision on initiating a referendum shall be submitted to the Permanent Bureau of Parliament within 3 days.