The process established in the Draft law for verification of the signatures by the CEC could be clearer and provide better guarantees. Firstly, in line with the Code of Good Practice on Referendums, para. III.4.f, the law should make clear that all signatures collected should be verified. The use of random sampling should be prohibited, as the sample may contain an unusually high number of invalid signatures or, on the contrary, might not contain any while other sheets of signatures might be full of them. According to the Explanatory Memorandum on the Code of Good Practice on Referendums, the law should ensure that once the minimum number of signatures are verified, the initiative group is registered, regardless of any invalid or unverified signatures.