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Article 44
 

Distribution and notification of the combined list of candidates and the candidate list in the Presidential election The electoral district committee shall distribute a sufficient number of the combined lists of candidates in the parliamentary elections to the central electoral committee of the municipalities in the constituency, to be forwarded to the election committees, election commissions and election officials in addition to municipal boards of the municipalities in the constituency; to other electoral district committees, to be forwarded to the central election committees and election commissions of the municipalities in their constituencies and to election officials of the general advance polling stations in Finland;  to the election representatives of parties, joint lists and constituency associations not belonging to a joint list which have nominated candidates in the constituency; and to the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, to be forwarded to the election officials of advance polling stations abroad. The combined lists shall also be available to the public. The municipal central election committee shall notify the voters of the combined list of candidates in the municipal elections, or of the information therein, or the information regarding where the list can be viewed, in the manner in which municipal notices are normally made public, as well as by publishing a notice in the meeting facilities of the central election committee. A sufficient number of the lists shall be distributed well before the elections to the municipal board, the election committee, the election commissions and elections officials in the general advance polling stations within the municipality. Additionally, the lists shall be distributed to the election representatives of parties, joint lists and constituency associations not belonging to a joint list which have nominated candidates in the constituency. The combined lists shall also be available to the residents of the municipality. The electoral district committee of Helsinki is responsible for distributing the combined lists of candidates in the European Parliamentary elections and the lists of candidates in the Presidential election in compliance with, as appropriate, the provisions in subsection 1 on the distribution of the combined lists of candidates in the parliamentary elections. If the list of candidates for the second round of the Presidential election cannot be delivered prior to the beginning of advance voting in the second round, the election official and the election commission shall see to it that the information in the list of candidates is on display as required by the Ministry of Justice.