In Belarus, the collection of signatures in support of the nomination of presidential candidates is nearing completion
Since November 7, signature collection pickets have been held across the country in support of the nomination of candidates for President: the current President of the Republic of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, the chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus, Oleg Gaidukevich, the chairman of the Republican Party of Labor and Justice, Alexander Khizhnyak, individual entrepreneur Anna Kanopatskaya, and the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Belarus, Sergey Syrankov.
Initiative groups must collect at least 100,000 signatures. The voter must personally put the date of their signature and sign. A voter has the right to sign in support of several candidates proposed for nomination as President, but only once in support of the same candidate.
Signature sheets must be submitted to the relevant district, city (in cities of regional subordination, except for cities with district division), and city district commissions no later than December 6, 2024. That is, today is the final day for submitting signature sheets. Within ten days, a verification of the authenticity of voter signatures on the signature sheets submitted by the initiative group coordinators will be carried out. If the number of unreliable voter signatures discovered during the verification exceeds 15% of the number of verified signatures (initially, at least 20% are selected), an additional check of another 15% of voter signatures from the number of signatures on the sheets submitted to the respective commission is conducted. If the total number of unreliable voter signatures identified during the checks exceeds 15% of the total number of verified signatures, all voter signatures on the sheets submitted to the respective territorial commission will not be counted.
From December 7 to December 21 inclusive, the person nominateda candidate for President of the Republic of Belarus, shall submit to the Central Commission the documents necessary for the registration of a candidate for President.
From December 22 to December 31, 2024 inclusive, the registration of candidates for President of the Republic of Belarus will take place (it begins 35 days and ends 25 days before the elections).
From January 1 to January 25, 2025, the election campaign will take place.