The election of the President will be held on August 9. The registration of initiative groups is open until the end of this working week. They will collect signatures in support of the nomination of their candidate. And they will be able to begin this important mission next week.
This campaign will be held in compliance with all protective measures against the pandemic.
The Central Electoral Commission already has documents for registration of 3 initiative groups. If all the submitted papers are in order, then the group members will be able to collect signatures from next Thursday. One needs 100000 signatures of voters.
This campaign is taking place in completely new conditions, because of the pandemic. Personal protective equipment, masks, and gloves should become mandatory equipment for participants of the initiative groups. Territorial commissions are being formed now, the deadline for this process is May 20, and district commissions will be launched by June 24. Polling stations will be formed earlier.
Ivan Tolkach, Deputy Head of the Department of the Central Commission of Belarus for Elections and Republican Referendums: "Citizens must submit an application in which there will be at least 10 signatures in support of the nomination of this applicant, labor collectives need to gather at least 10 employees, and the political parties must hold a meeting of their governing bodies to nominate a representative to the territorial commission."
The Central Election Commission has identified major events. The initiative groups can submit their documents for 4 days. Signature collection will last from May 21 to June 19. Documents for registration of the candidate can be submitted to the CEC as early as the next day or until July 4. The Central Election Commission will register candidates from July 5 to July 14. Early voting in Belarus will take place on August 4-8. And the elections are planned for August 9. The results of the election campaign will be announced not later than August 19. But the second round (if necessary) will take place not later than August 23.
Main election campaign starts in Belarus
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