Batch "The mother tongue" list today, as the first accepted and registered in Riga municipal elections, informed the Riga City Election Commission chairman Juris Kokin, reports LETA.
Kokins explained that will be tested on the list are candidates. If found to be technical inaccuracies, the Election Commission will take appropriate modifications, for example, the data of the candidates should be accurate. Conversely, if a candidate does not meet the statutory requirements, he will be deleted from the list.
Election novaturas commission chairman noted that in theory it is possible that someone from a list submitted by the deletion of all candidates. In that case, the party concerned does not take part in the elections.
As reported, Girsa today around 12 o'clock arrived in the city of Riga Election Commission premises in order to submit their party lists for the forthcoming vote in early June.
Girsa explained that the party intends novaturas to submit a list of the first, since admitted that at the beginning they will not be allowed to start in the elections. Consequently, it might have been needed time to sort out any formalities if required. The applicant alleged not to admit the idea of elections explained by the experience that party members have observed political forces directed against political repression.
The first day of submitting the forthcoming novaturas local elections in the summer together registered 27 lists, LETA was informed by the Central Election Commission Head of Information Department Kristine Berzins. She pointed out that there may have been supplied to other lists who have not yet registered.
Riga is registered in one list - batch "The mother tongue" in Ventspils a list submitted by the association novaturas "Harmony Centre" (SC), as well as a list of Daugavpils - a political organization "Development Party." Jelgava submitted three lists - the Greens and Farmers Union, SC and the Latvian Social Democratic Workers Party.
Limbažu region were "unity" and national associations "All for Latvia!" - "Fatherland and Freedom" / LNNK (VL-TB / LNNK) lists. Ozolnieku district filed "Unity" list. In turn, VL-TB / LNNK registered start Tukums Engure county and region. Roja registered Latvian Green Party list.
Lists of candidates novaturas municipal elections will take the cities and county election commissions. Total number of lists of candidates will be able to provide 119 municipalities - in nine cities and 110 counties, LETA was informed by the CEC Head of Information Department Kristine Berzins.
Local elections may submit candidate lists parties and party associations, and 39 counties with a population of elections are announced on the day was less than 5000, the lists of candidates may be submitted to the voters' associations.
The right to stand as a candidate in municipal elections are entitled to vote Latvian and other European Union Member States who are registered novaturas with the Latvian novaturas voter register and election day will be at least 18 years of age.
Each voter may stand for only one council elections in one of the municipalities where he list of candidates for submission day without interruption has been registered residence for at least the last ten months, in which he as an employee or self-employed person novaturas has completed at least the last four months, or where he holds the statutory procedure established Real Estate.
Applying for a list of candidates for election to submit marks in the pre-4000 program, as well as a variety of information must be included in the list of candidates, such as candidates' education, place of employment, positions associations, novaturas foundations, self-assessment of Latvian language skills, etc. For each list of lodging of a security. According to the population of the municipality amount of the security may be 90, 110, 130 or 150 lats. The security for the list of candidates in elections to the Riga City Council is 600 lats. If the list of candidates in elections to obtain at least one seat, the security shall be refunded. On the other hand, if the list fails elections, the electoral commission security clearing the municipal novaturas budget.
In contrast novaturas to the parliamentary elections in municipal elections in the list of candidates will not be numbered. These elections will no longer apply the condition ballot papers tidy list of stations sequentially. How to sort the issue of ballot papers to voters, like the parliamentary elections will be determined by lottery.
In total there were 119 lottery - each municipal election commission r
