Article 38. The procedure for collecting signatures

On the election of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the deputies of the Legislative Chamber the Central Election Commission shall issue blanks of signature sheets of established samples for political parties.

In the elections of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, a political party has the right to collect signatures of voters only after a decision has been made on its admission to participate in the elections. Signatures collected before this date will not be counted.

Voters have the right to sign in support of one or more political parties or nominated candidates for President of the Republic of Uzbekistan. In this case, the voter indicates his last name, first name, patronymic, year of birth (at the age of eighteen - additionally the day and month of birth), address of residence, series and number of the passport or ID card, as well as the date of signature. The specified information is entered in handwriting. Information about the voter who puts his signature on the signature sheet may, at his request, be entered by the person collecting signatures.

Signature sheet shall be signed by the person collecting signature, indicating his/her surname, name and patronymic, and shall be sealed by the head of the sub-regional or city structure of the respective political party.

The collection of signatures of voters shall be carried out at the place of work, service, study, residence, at election events, as well as in other places where campaigning and collecting signatures are not prohibited by law. Any form of coercion and bribery of voters by the person collecting signatures shall entail liability established by law.

After completion of the collection of signatures, the authorized representative of the political party shall submit to the Central Election Commission the signatures sheets which shall be separately sewn for the Republic of Karakalpakstan, regions and Tashkent city.