(1) The provincial electoral authority shall examine without delay whether the submitted provincial election proposals are signed by at least three members of the National Council or are supported by the required number of persons having the right to vote of the provincial constituency according to § 42 al. 2, and whether the persons campaigning, proposed in the provincial party lists and regional party lists, are eligible. If one person having the right to vote supported several provincial election proposals, the provincial electoral authority shall accept as valid his support for the provincial election proposal which was first submitted. The support for the other provincial election proposals shall be deemed as not submitted.
(2) A withdrawal of certain declarations of support after submission of the provincial election proposal shall not be accepted by the provincial electoral authority, unless the supporter is able to show to the provincial electoral authority that he was motivated to support the election proposal by a significant mistake or by wilful deceit or menace, and the withdrawal of the declaration of support was effected on the thirty-fourth day before the day of election at the latest.
(3) If a provincial election proposal lacks the required number of declarations of support (§ 42 al. 2) or, with the exception of the regional party lists, does not correspond with the preconditions required in § 43 al. 1, it shall be rejected by the provincial electoral authority on the twenty-fourth day before the day of election at the latest. Regional party lists not corresponding with these preconditions shall be deemed as not submitted and are to be excluded from the public announcement according to § 49 al. 1. Persons campaigning who are not eligible or whose written declarations (§ 43 al. 2) were not received, shall be deleted from the election proposal. The representative of the party named authorised recipient shall be notified thereof.
