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"The legal framework should clearly provide for notification of the dates for commencement and closure of nominations; specify when, how and where nomination procedures must be undertaken; and set out the process of scrutiny and verification of nomination forms and declarations. Where the legal framework requires the support of a nomination by the collection of signatures, it should provide for a reasonable timeframe for this to be done and for the subsequent verification of the signatures."

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International IDEA: International Electoral Standards: Guidelines for Reviewing the Legal Framework of Elections, pp. 50-51

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International Electoral Standards: Guidelines for Reviewing the Legal Framework of Elections

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Electoral legislation and its regulations should offer clear guidance with respect to the process by which parties and candidates were placed on the ballot.