Collection of Signatures of Citizens
Collection of signatures of the citizens to support the proposal for the holding of the referendum shall be performed only by the initiative group members within two months of the date of registration of the initiative group.
The signature lists shall contain the wording of the registered question, offered for the referendum, and/or the summary of the proposed decision (draft law), the family name, the name and the patronymic name of the person collecting the signatures and shall specify the number of the registration certificate issued to the initiative group, and the authority which issued the registration certificate. The initiative group member collecting the signatures shall provide the complete text of the decision (draft law) offered for the referendum, at the request of any citizen for his familiarisation.
The signature list may include only the signatures of the citizens residing in the same place of residence, whereas in the towns divided into districts the signatures of the citizens residing in the same town district.
A citizen of the Republic of Belarus, having the right to vote, who supports the proposal on the holding of the referendum, shall fill in the signature list in person, stating his surname, name and patronymic name, the date of birth, the place of residence, the passport number and serial number, or the requisites of the identity card, which substitutes the passport, the signing date, and sign the list of signatures. The signatures shall be numbered.
A citizen shall have the right to sign in support of the proposal on the holding of the referendum only once.
The initiative group member, collecting the signatures, shall certify every signature list by signing them in the presence of the head or the deputy head of the local executive or administrative body in charge of the territory where the signatures were collected, and these signature lists shall be immediately certified by stamping them with the seal of this body. Every signature list shall contain a record on the total number of certified signatures and the date of such certification.
It shall be forbidden to exert coercion toward the citizens of the Republic of Belarus with the purpose of obtaining their signatures for subscription sheets, and to use illegal practices for collecting signatures.
The initiative group member in charge of collecting the signatures shall be responsible for the validity of the data contained in the signature lists.
