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Article 53
 

The Collection of Signatures of Voters in Support of a Candidate to the Post of President of Ukraine

1. No less than five hundred thousand signatures of eligible voters shall be collected in support of a candidate to the post of President of Ukraine, of which no less than twenty thousand signatures shall be collected in each two-thirds of the regions (the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the oblasts, the cities of Kyiv and Sevastopol) of Ukraine.

2. Signature lists in support of a candidate to the post of President of Ukraine shall be submitted to the Central Election Commission no later than forty days prior to the day of the elections.