Belarus parliament elections

428 initiative groups registered ahead of parliamentary elections in Belarus
A total of 479 applications were filed with district election commissions. 7 July was the deadline for submitting applications to register initiative groups. The district election commissions continue reviewing the applications within five days after the applications were filed...

Minsk cited as example to follow in terms of allocation of campaigning venues
According to him, in the second case the local authorities banned holding campaign events at bus stops, train stations, shopping centers, etc. “Where else, I wonder, can they campaign?” Nikolai Lozovik said...

Yermoshina expects a high level of political activity during current campaign
According to Lidia Yermoshina, such conclusion can be made judging by the start of the election campaign and the high activity of the parties, including the opposition ones (three of them are super active at the moment). If they can collect signatures (if they cannot, they still have the opportunity to get nominated via congresses) they will naturally conduct their election campaigns...

Belarus CEC: 304 initiative groups registered
A total of 479 applications were filed with district election commissions. 7 July was the deadline for submitting applications to register initiative groups. According to Nikolai Lozovik, the number of registered groups may change, as the district election commissions will continue reviewing the applications within five days after the applications were filed...

OSCE/ODIHR starts recruiting for Election Observation Mission to Belarus
The ODIHR noted that all assignments are temporarily contracted positions and their duration will be for approximately eight weeks. Candidates should be available from the end of July 2016...

Yermoshina expects tight race in Belarus' 2016 parliamentary elections
In her words, as of now 256 initiative groups have been registered with district election commissions. They have already embarked on collecting signatures in support of their prospective candidates...

Yermoshina: 396 applications filed with district commissions to register initiative groups
“As of now 396 applications have been filed. A total of 256 initiative groups have been registered. It does not mean, however, that all the others will be denied. Many applications are currently under consideration”...

Lozovik: Territorial election commissions will assume some of CEC functions
“Territorial election commissions deal with financial issues of the electoral process, supervise the compliance with the electoral legislation, and review complaints. These election commissions will play a role of the CEC as the main flow of letters, complaints, appeals will be considered by the territorial election commissions"...

Belarus’ election commissions register 227 initiative groups
According to the latest data, a total of 330 applications for registration of initiative groups have been filed to the CEC...

Lozovik: More chances for those who get nominated through collection of signatures
“According to the law, a candidate can be nominated by a labor collective, a political party and through the collection of signatures. Serious politicians, who intend to stand in the elections, will definitely choose to be nominated through the collection of signatures"...