EC to facilitate registration of candidacy nomination for candidates

The Election Commission (EC) said it will facilitate the registration of candidacy nomination for the November 20 polls under the first-past-the-post system for the candidates from the flooding and landslide-hit areas.

The EC would facilitate the registration of candidacy nomination by sending required documents of the candidates to the respective office of returning officer. For this, the candidates are required to submit their documents to the EC Office, Kantipath, Kathmandu, until 10 am on October 9, said the EC, adding that the consideration is due to monsoon related difficulties including transport obstruction poll candidates may face.

For the facilitation, required documents are photocopies of the candidate’s citizenship certificate and voter identity card, evidences mentioning the candidate’s registration in the voters’ roll, photocopies of voter ID cards of the proposer and the one who seconds the candidate or evidences mentioning their registration in the voters’ roll and self-declaration. In case of candidates from a political party, other required documents are a formal letter according to the Clause 19, and receipts specifying the deposition of collateral amounts or bank vouchers, sealed envelope containing details of personal property of the candidate and personal details of the candidate according to the Clause 20.

Those candidates who contested in the May 13 local elections can deposit the set amounts in fine for not furnishing their election expenditure details to the Election Commission on time, through EC’s head office in Kathmandu and its offices in all seven provinces and 70 districts.

The EC made public this information through a statement on Saturday.