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Chapter IV. Electoral Associations, Electoral Blocs
Article 28. Definition of an Electoral Association
Article 29. Electoral Blocs
Article 30. Name of an Electoral Association, Electoral Bloc
Article 31. Authorized Representatives of an Electoral Association, Electoral Bloc
Article 32. Participation of Electoral Associations, Electoral Blocs in the Election of the President of the Russian Federation
ARTICLE 28. Definition of an Electoral Association
1. An electoral association is an all-Russian political public association (a political party, other political organizations, a political movement) formed in a procedure established by the federal laws and registered with the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation. An all-Russian political public association or modifications and additions to be introduced in the statute of an all-Russian public association to impart to it the status of a political public association shall be registered not later than a year prior to voting day. This period shall not apply to other modifications and additions introduced in the statute of an all-Russian political public association.
2. The list of all-Russian political public associations which meet the requirements of Clause 1 of this Article shall be made up by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation. On the request of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation this list updated as of the date of the request shall be furnished to the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation within ten days of the date on which the request was received.
3. A political public association which is a founder, member of or participant in another political public association acting in the election of the President of the Russian Federation as an electoral association or participating in the formation of an electoral bloc shall not act in this election as an electoral association either nominating a list of candidates independently or participating in the formation of an electoral bloc.
4. The rights of an electoral association shall also be enjoyed by electoral blocs formed for the period of the election of the President of the Russian Federation.
ARTICLE 29. Electoral Blocs
1. Electoral blocs are groups of two and more electoral associations which voluntarily unite for joint participation in the election of the President of the Russian Federation and meet the requirements of Clause 1 Article 28 of this Federal Law.
2. A decision to join an electoral bloc (indicating the names of the electoral associations with which the electoral bloc is to be formed) shall be taken at the congress (conference) of each of electoral associations, after which the representatives of these electoral associations shall sign a joint decision to form an electoral bloc.
3. For registration of an electoral bloc its authorized representative shall submit the following documents to the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation:
(a) notarized copies of the statutes of political public associations which formed the electoral bloc;
(b) notarized copies of the certificates evidencing that the political public associations which formed the electoral bloc are registered with the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation;
(c) minutes of proceedings of the congresses (conferences) of the electoral associations and their decisions on the formation of the electoral bloc;
(d) a joint decision to form the electoral bloc signed by the authorized representatives and certified by the seals of these electoral associations.
4. Electoral blocs shall be registered with the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation not later than five days after submission of the required documents. These documents may be submitted simultaneously with, but not later than, submission of the nomination documents of a candidate.
5. The reasons for the refusal of registration of an electoral bloc may only be the absence or improper execution of the documents indicated in Clause 3 of this Article, failure of one of or several public associations which formed the electoral bloc to meet the requirements of Article 28 of this Federal Law, other violations of this Federal Law. An electoral bloc shall not be refused registration if the number of its participants is less than that indicated in the decision of a congress (conference) of one of or several electoral associations which have formed the given electoral bloc.
6. During the period of the same election campaign the electoral associations comprised in an electoral bloc shall not join other electoral blocs and shall not act as independent electoral associations.
7. After an electoral bloc has been registered with the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation it shall not admit any other electoral associations as its members.
ARTICLE 30. Name of an Electoral Association, Electoral Bloc
1. An electoral association, electoral bloc which nominated a candidate shall submit information about the full name and the abbreviated name (consisting of not more than seven words) of the electoral association, electoral bloc to the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation.
2. The name of an electoral association shall be the name indicated in the registered statute of the corresponding political public association.
3. The name of an electoral bloc shall be determined at the congress (conference) of the representatives of the electoral associations which formed the given electoral bloc. The name of an electoral bloc shall not make use of the name of any registered all-Russian public association which has not joined the given electoral bloc, regardless of whether or not this public association takes part in the election of the President of the Russian Federation, or the name of another electoral bloc which has already been registered in the given election. Neither shall an electoral bloc use the name which it used in the previous election of the President of the Russian Federation, previous elections to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation if more than a half of electoral associations which were comprised in the given electoral bloc in the previous elections are no longer its members. The first name and the surname of a natural person may be used in the name of an electoral bloc only with a written consent of the given natural person.
4. Electoral associations, electoral blocs shall not change their name during the election campaign period.
ARTICLE 31. Authorized Representatives of an Electoral Association, Electoral Bloc
1. An electoral association, electoral bloc which nominated a candidate shall appoint representatives authorized, under this Federal Law, to represent the electoral association, electoral bloc in all matters concerning participation of the electoral association, electoral bloc in the election of the President of the Russian Federation.
2. Authorized representatives shall be appointed by a decision of a congress (conference) of the electoral association or a decision of representatives of the electoral associations which formed the electoral bloc or by a body authorized to do so by the congress (conference) of the electoral association or representatives of the electoral associations which formed the electoral bloc.
3. An authorized representative of an electoral association, electoral bloc shall act on the basis of the decision provided by Clause 2 of this Article; the decision shall indicate the powers of the authorized representative; his/her first, middle and last name; date of birth; series and number of the passport or an equivalent identity paper and the date of its issuance; address of the place of residence; main place of work or service; position (occupation, if there is no main place of work or service).
4. The list of authorized representatives of an electoral association, electoral bloc shall be submitted to the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation in a printed and a machine-readable form according to a form established by the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation. The list shall indicate the first, middle and last name, date of birth, series and number of the passport or an equivalent identity paper and the date of its issuance, address of the place of residence, main place of work or service, position (occupation, if there is no main place of work or service), telephone number of each authorized representative. Appended to the list shall be a written consent of each of the listed persons to act in this capacity.
5. Authorized representatives of an electoral association, electoral bloc shall be registered with the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation.
6. Authorized representatives of electoral associations, electoral blocs who hold state or municipal offices shall not take advantage of their official position or status.
7. The term of powers of authorized representatives of an electoral association, electoral bloc shall commence from the day of their appointment and expire when the person nominated as a candidate by the given electoral association, electoral bloc loses the status of a candidate, registered candidate but not later than the day of official publication of the general election results.
8. Subject to the decision of the body of an electoral association, electoral bloc authorized to take such decisions an electoral association, electoral bloc may at any time terminate the powers of an authorized representative of the electoral association, electoral bloc by serving a written notice to this effect on this representative and sending a copy of the relevant decision to the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation.
ARTICLE 32. Participation of Electoral Associations, Electoral Blocs in the Election of the President of the Russian Federation
Electoral associations, electoral blocs shall participate in the election of the President of the Russian Federation on equal terms and conditions in a procedure established by this Federal Law.
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