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Chapter XIII - Responsibility for Violation of Laws on Election of Deputies
Article 84 - Personal Responsibility of Candidates, Agents of Candidates, Representatives of Electoral Associations and Electoral Blocs
Article 85 - Grounds for Withdrawing Registration of a Candidate, Annulment of Decisions of Election Commissions on Voting Results and Outcome of Elections
Article 86 - Responsibility for Violation of Electoral Rights of Citizens.
Article 84 - Personal Responsibility of Candidates, Agents of Candidates, Representatives of Electoral Associations and Electoral Blocs
Candidates, their agents and authorized representatives of electoral associations and electoral blocs shall bear responsibility for violations of this Law subject to this Law and laws on administrative offences.
Article 85 - Grounds for Withdrawing Registration of a Candidate, Annulment of Decisions of Election Commissions on Voting Results and Outcome of Elections
Registration of a candidate may be withdrawn (canceled) if:
the rules for nomination and registration of a candidate were violated;
the rules for conducting election propaganda and funding the election campaign were violated;
candidates and their agents took advantage of their official position or status to gain election;
it was established that voters were bribed by candidates, their agents or other persons and organizations seeking election of definite candidates;
on other grounds established by the Federal Law «On Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights and the Right of Citizens of the Russian Federation to Participate in a Referendum,» other federal laws, this Law.
If, after an election commission has determined voting results or the election results, a court finds that the violations listed in Part 1 of this article did take place and that they make it impossible reliably to determine the results of the expression of voters' will, the court may annul the decision of the election commission on voting results, the election results.
A court of the appropriate level may also annul the decision of an election commission on voting results in an electoral precinct, a decision on the election results in an electoral district if violations were committed in respect of the rules for compilation of voter lists, the procedure for the formation of election commissions, the voting and vote-counting procedure (including actions obstructing their observation), the procedure for determining the election results and in the event of other violations of electoral laws, if these actions (inaction) do not make it possible reliably to determine the results of the expression of voters' will.
A court of the appropriate level, the election commission of the [Subject of the Russian Federation], a district election commission may annul the decision of a precinct, district election commission on voting results, election results in the cases provided by the Federal Law «On Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights and the Right of Citizens of the Russian Federation to Participate in a Referendum,» other federal laws, this Law.
If decisions of precinct election commissions on voting results have been annulled in more than one-fourth of electoral precincts, the election of a deputy of the legislative (representative) body of state power of the [Subject of the Russian Federation] in the given electoral district shall be declared null and void.
A court shall consider complaints and take decisions thereon within two months after their receipt and, in cases provided by the Federal Law «On Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights and the Right of Citizens of the Russian Federation to Participate in a Referendum» within other periods. A court may take a decision in the absence (failure to appear in response to two invitations) of representatives of one of parties concerned.
Article 86 - Responsibility for Violation of Electoral Rights of Citizens.
Persons violating the electoral rights of citizens of the Russian Federation in elections of deputies of the legislative (representative) body of state power of the [Subject of the Russian Federation] shall bear criminal, administrative or other responsibility under federal laws.
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