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Art. 21 Final date for submission of candidate lists
1Cantonal law shall specify one Monday in the August of the election year as the final date for the submission of candidate lists, and it shall stipulate the authority to which the lists should be submitted.2 2The candidate lists must arrive at the cantonal authority on the final date for submission at the latest. 3The cantons shall notify the Federal Chancellery of each candidate list without delay.
1 Amended by No I of the Federal Act of 18 March 1994, in force since 15 Nov. 1994 (AS 1994 2414; BBl 1993 III 445). 2 Amended by No I of the Federal Act of 26 Sept. 2014 (National Council elections), in force since 1 Nov. 2015 (AS 2015 543; BBl 2013 9217).
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Art. 22 Number and designation of the candidates
1A candidate list may contain no more names of persons eligible for election than the number of seats in the National Council that have been allocated to the constituency, and no name may appear more than twice on any list. Where a candidate list contains more than the maximum number of names, the last names on the list shall be deleted. 2The candidate lists must provide the following details for each candidate: - a.
- official surname and first names;
- b.
- the name by which the person is known in politics or in everyday life;
- c.
- sex;
- d.
- date of birth;
- e.
- home address including postcode;
- f.
- place and canton of origin; and
- g.
- occupation.1
3Each candidate must confirm in writing that they accept their nomination. In the absence of such confirmation, the name of the candidate shall be deleted from the list.2
1 Amended by No I of the Federal Act of 26 Sept. 2014 (National Council elections), in force since 1 Nov. 2015 (AS 2015 543; BBl 2013 9217). 2 Inserted by No I of the Federal Act of 18 March 1994, in force since 15 Nov. 1994 (AS1994 2414; BBl 1993 III 445).
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Art. 23 Designation of the candidate list
Each candidate list must bear a designation that is sufficient to distinguish it from other lists. Groups that submit lists of candidates with identical elements in the main designation and that intend to combine such lists shall declare one of these candidate lists to be the parent list.1
1 Second sentence inserted by No I of the Federal Act of 21 June 2002, in force since 1 Jan. 2003 (AS 2002 3193; BBl 2001 6401).
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Art. 24 Quorum of signatures
1Each candidate list must be signed by hand by a minimum number of persons who are both eligible to vote and have their political domicile in the constituency. The minimum number is: - a.
- 100 in cantons with 2-10 seats;
- b.
- 200 in cantons with 11-20 seats;
- c.
- 400 in cantons with more than 20 seats.2
2No person eligible to vote has the right to sign more than one candidate list. They may not withdraw their signature following submission of the candidate list. 3The quorums in accordance with paragraph 1 above do not apply to any party that was duly registered with the Federal Chancellery at the end of the year preceding the year of the election (Art. 76a) provided that it has been represented in the National Council for the same constituency in the legislative period that is due to expire or it achieved at least three per cent of the vote in the same canton at the previous general election.3 4Any party falling within the terms of paragraph 3 above must simply submit the legally valid signatures of all its candidates together with those of its president and secretary.4
1 Amended by No I of the Federal Act of 18 March 1994, in force since 15 Nov. 1994 (AS 1994 2414; BBl 1993 III 445). 2 Amended by No I of the Federal Act of 18 March 1994, in force since 15 Nov. 1994 (AS 1994 2414; BBl 1993 III 445). 3 Inserted by No I of the Federal Act of 21 June 2002 (AS 2002 3193; BBl 2001 6401). Amended by No I of the Federal Act of 26 Sept. 2014 (National Council elections), in force since 1 Nov. 2015 (AS 2015 543; BBl 2013 9217). 4 Inserted by No I of the Federal Act of 21 June 2002, in force since 1 Jan. 2003 (AS20023193; BBl 2001 6401).
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Art. 25 Agent for the candidate list
1The signatories must appoint an agent for the candidate list and a deputy agent. If they fail to do so, then those persons whose names appear in first and second place as signatories to the list are deemed to be the agent and deputy agent respectively. 2The agent and, in the event of their incapacity, the deputy agent have the right and the obligation to make such legally-binding declarations on behalf of the signatories as may be required to obviate any objections.
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Art. 26 Inspection of candidate lists
Those eligible to vote in a constituency may inspect the lists of candidates and the names of the signatories at the offices of the competent authority.
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Art. 27 Multiple candidacies
1If the name of a candidate appears on more than one candidate list in any constituency, the name shall be deleted immediately by the canton from all the candidate lists on which it appears. 2The Federal Chancellery shall immediately delete from the candidate list any candidate whose name already appears on an electoral list or a candidate list in another canton. 3The Federal Chancellery shall immediately notify the cantons concerned of the deletions that it has made.
1 Amended by No I of the Federal Act of 18 March 1994, in force since 15 Nov. 1994 (AS 1994 2414; BBl 1993 III 445).
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Art. 28
…1 Repealed by No I of the Federal Act of 18 March 1994, with effect from 15 Nov. 1994 (AS 1994 2414; BBl1993III 445).
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Art. 29 Rectification of deficiencies; Replacement candidates
1The canton shall examine the candidate lists and allow the agent representing the signatories a period within which to rectify deficiencies in the candidate list, alter designations that give rise to confusion, and nominate replacement candidates for candidates whose names have been officially deleted.1 2The replacement candidates must confirm in writing that they accept their nomination. In the absence of such confirmation or where the relevant name already appears on another candidate list or the candidate is not eligible for election, the replacement candidate is deleted from the list.2 Unless the agent for the candidate list requests otherwise, replacement candidates are entered at the end of the candidate list. 3In the event of any deficiency not being rectified within the period allowed, the candidate list is deemed invalid. If the deficiency relates only to one candidate, their name is simply deleted. 4No candidate list may be further amended from the second Monday following the final date for submission of candidate lists. The foregoing does not apply to the official declaration of the invalidity of multiple candidacies subsequently discovered (Art. 32a). Cantonal legislation may reduce to one week the period allowed for rectification.3
1 Amended by No I of the Federal Act of 21 June 1996, in force since 1 April 1997 (AS 1997 753; BBl 1993 III 445). 2 Wording of the first two sentences according to No I of the Federal Act of 18 March 1994, in force since 15 Nov. 1994 (AS 1994 2414; BBl 1993 III 445). 3 Amended by No I of the Federal Act of 26 Sept. 2014 (National Council elections), in force since 1 Nov. 2015 (AS 2015 543; BBl 2013 9217).
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Art. 30 Electoral lists
1The final candidate lists are known as electoral lists. 2Each list shall be provided with a reference number.
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Art. 31 Combined electoral lists
1Two or more electoral lists may at the latest by the end of the period allowed for rectification (Art. 29 paragraph 4) be combined with each other by means of a unanimous declaration of the signatories or their agents. Within a combined electoral list, only electoral list sub-combinations are permitted. 1bisList sub-combinations are valid only in the case of electoral lists with the same designation that differentiate themselves from each other solely by an additional designation indicating a distinction that is based on sex, the wing of a political group, region, or age. 2List combinations and list sub-combinations must be indicated on pre-printed ballot papers. 3Declarations relating to electoral list combinations and electoral list sub-combinations may not be revoked.
1 Amended by No I of the Federal Act of 18 March 1994, in force since 15 Nov. 1994 (AS 1994 2414; BBl 1993 III 445).
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Art. 32 Publication of the electoral lists
1At the earliest possible opportunity, the canton shall publish in the official cantonal gazette the electoral lists with their designations and their reference numbers as well as references to any list combinations or list sub-combinations. 2The Federal Chancellery shall publish the electoral lists in electronic form indicating the official surnames and first names, year of birth, occupation, place of origin and place of residence of the candidates.2
1 Amended by No I of the Federal Act of 18 March 1994, in force since 15 Nov. 1994 (AS 1994 2414 2422; BBl 1993 III 445). 2 Inserted by Art. 21 No I of the Publication Act of 18 June 2004, in force since 1 Jan. 2005 (AS 2004 4929; BBl 2003 7711). Amended by No I of the Federal Act of 26 Sept. 2014 (National Council elections), in force since 1 Nov. 2015 (AS 2015 543; BBl 2013 9217).
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Art. 32a Declaration of the invalidity of candidacies
1If a multiple candidacy is discovered following the rectification of the candidate lists, the candidacy concerned shall be declared invalid on all the lists affected: - a.
- by the canton, where the same candidate appears on more than one list in that canton;
- b.
- by the Federal Chancellery, where the same candidate appears on lists in more than one canton.
2The cantons concerned and the Federal Chancellery shall inform each other immediately of the candidacies that have been declared invalid. 3Where possible, the names of persons whose candidacy has been declared invalid shall be deleted from the lists before they are published. 4The declaration of the invalidity of a candidacy on lists that have already been published shall be published immediately in electronic form in the Federal Gazette and in the official gazette of all the cantons concerned.
1 Inserted by No I of the Federal Act of 26 Sept. 2014 (National Council elections), in force since 1 Nov. 2015 (AS 2015 543; BBl 2013 9217).
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Art. 33 Preparation and delivery of ballot papers
1The cantons shall prepare ballot papers for all the electoral lists, which each contain pre-printed details of the list designation, any electoral list combination, the reference number and candidate information (as a minimum the surnames, first names and place of residence), as well as ballot papers that are not pre-printed. 1bisIf the canton prepares vote recording vouchers instead of ballot papers, persons eligible to vote shall also receive a summary of the details of each of the candidates and of the electoral list designations, and of any list combinations and list sub-combinations.1 2The cantons shall arrange for a complete set of all ballot papers to be delivered to each person eligible to vote at least three weeks and no more than four weeks prior to the polling day.2 3The signatories may obtain additional pre-printed ballot papers at cost price from the cantonal chancelleries.
1 Inserted by No I of the Federal Act of 18 March 1994, in force since 15 Nov. 1994 (AS1994 2414; BBl 1993 III 445). 2 Amended by No I of the Federal Act of 26 Sept. 2014 (National Council elections), in force since 1 Nov. 2015 (AS 2015 543; BBl 2013 9217).
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