Approved by Decision #18/115 dated
Approved by the Decision 5/38
dated on June 30, 2003 of the Central Election
Commission of the Republic of Azerbaijan

C O M M E N T
on rules for completing signature sheets

1. Signature sheets shall be prepared by the Central Election Commission in the form defined by the Appendices #2 and 2 ”A” specified by the Election Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
1.1. While completing the signature sheet the upper left side of each signature sheet shall contain name and the number of the constituency (election area) where signatures are collected.
1.2. The column for the surname, name, patronymic name of the candidate of each signature sheet shall contain date of birth, main working or service place, or current position ( if he/she does not have it, kind of occupation), address of residence.
1.3. IDPs shall indicate the address of their current residence in the column for the address of residence while putting their signatures. In the case of not having the identification card or document that substitutes it of the internal displaced in the column of signature sheet for serial number of passport or document that substitutes it, IDP cards prepared in the form defined by the State Committee on IDP issues shall be used and the number of the IDP card shall be noted by indicating the country (city) in the column.
1.4. If the address of residence indicated in the ID card has been changed, then in the column of signature sheet for the address of residence first the address of previously indicated in the ID card, then in the brackets the changed new number must be indicated.
2. The reverse side of the signature sheet shall contain the address of residence including the information noted on the signature sheet of the person collecting signatures.
2.1. If the candidate to presidency was nominated by voter initiative group or self-nominated, then at the end of the signature sheet the column for the surname, name, patronymic name, personal signature and date of signature of the candidate shall be approved by being signed by the candidate to presidency himself.
2.2. In the case of nominating the candidate by political party, blocs of political parties, after collecting signatures the authorized representative of political parties, blocs of political parties puts his signature in the column for the candidate to presidency by indicating his surname, name, patronymic name and date of signature.
3. Political parties, blocs of political parties or voter initiative groups must collect no less than forty five thousand voters signatures in support of the candidates they nominated. At least 50 signatures must be collected from the area of each constituency not less than 60.
3.1. Signature sheets submitted to the Central Election Commission must be numbered and made up into pages in the form of a folder.