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Parties and Candidates
PC001
Registration requirements for parties (Chamber 1)
Question: What are the registration requirements for political parties running for national elections (Chamber 1)?
Answer(s):
a . Signature requirement (specify requirement) f . Other
Comments: Art. 43: A political party may submit a list of candidates in every constituency, provided its lists are supported by the signatures of at least three deputies of the National Assembly. The signatures of the deputies shall be submitted to the Republic Electoral Commission on the prescribed printed forms.
A political party may submit a list of candidates in a constituency provided the list of candidates has been nominated by members of the political party who have the voting right and permanent residence in the constituency, and that the list of candidates is supported by the signatures of at least fifty voters who have permanent residence in the constituency.
A political party may also submit a list of candidates in a constituency if the list of candidates has not been nominated in the manner described in the preceding paragraph, provided the list of candidates is supported by the signatures of at least one hundred voters who have permanent residence in the constituency.
Two or more political parties may submit a joint list of candidates.
Source: National Assembly Election Act, art. 43
http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/europe/SI/national-assembly-elections-act/view
Verified: 2017/03/30
PC003
Registration requirements for candidates (Chamber 1)
Question: What are the legal qualifications to become a candidate at legislative elections (Chamber 1)?
Answer(s):
a . Age b . Citizenship
Comments: Art. 7: Every citizen of the Republic of Slovenia who has reached the age of 18 by the Election Day and has not been declared legally incompetent shall have the right to vote and to be elected as a deputy.
Source: National Assembly Election Act, articles 7.
http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/europe/SI/national-assembly-elections-act/view
Verified: 2017/03/30
PC008
Independent candidates
Question: Can independent candidates compete in presidential or legislative elections?
Answer(s):
e . In both presidential and legislative elections
Comments:
Source: Constitution, articles 80 and 96.
https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Slovenia_2013?lang=en
National Assembly Election Act, article 44.
http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/europe/SI/national-assembly-elections-act/view
Verified: 2017/03/30
PC012
Public funding of parties
Question: Do political parties receive direct/indirect public funding?
Answer(s):
b . Direct c . Indirect
Comments: Parties that entered candidates at the last elections to the National Assembly shall have the right to receive funds from the national budget if they gained at least 1 per cent of the vote nationwide and their candidates stood in at least three-quarters of the constituencies.
If more than one party entered a joint list of candidates at the elections they shall have the right to receive funds from the national budget if they received at least 1.2 per cent of the votes nationwide (if the joint list was entered by two parties) or at least 1.5 per cent of the votes (if the joint list was submitted by three or more parties) and their candidates stood in at least three-quarters of the constituencies.
Parties referred to in the first and second paragraphs of this article shall be entitled to 10 per cent of the funds allocated in the budget for the financing of political parties in equal shares, and shall be entitled to the remaining 90 per cent of the funds in proportion to the number of votes which they received in all the constituencies. Parties which entered a joint list of candidates shall divide the funds obtained on a proportional basis by agreement, and if no agreement has been concluded then in equal shares.
Funds allocated to the financing of political parties in 2000 shall be determined in the budget of the Republic of Slovenia and may not exceed 0.017 per cent of the gross domestic product achieved in 1998, and in subsequent years may not exceed this percentage of the gross domestic product in the year prior to the adoption of the budget. The amount of funds due to each particular party shall be determined by the National Assembly at its first session following the adoption of the budget.
The funds shall be paid to the parties in twelfth parts.
Source: Law on Political Parties, articles 21 and 23.
http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/europe/SI/slovenia-political-parties-act-2007/view
Verified: 2017/03/30
PC015
Question: What is the basis of the public funding?
Answer(s):
a . Equal funding, regardless of size and previous performance b . Based on result of previous election
Comments: Parties that entered candidates at the last elections to the National Assembly shall have the right to receive funds from the national budget if they gained at least 1 per cent of the vote nationwide and their candidates stood in at least three-quarters of the constituencies.
If more than one party entered a joint list of candidates at the elections they shall have the right to receive funds from the national budget if they received at least 1.2 per cent of the votes nationwide (if the joint list was entered by two parties) or at least 1.5 per cent of the votes (if the joint list was submitted by three or more parties) and their candidates stood in at least three-quarters of the constituencies.
Parties referred to in the first and second paragraphs of this article shall be entitled to 10 per cent of the funds allocated in the budget for the financing of political parties in equal shares, and shall be entitled to the remaining 90 per cent of the funds in proportion to the number of votes which they received in all the constituencies. Parties which entered a joint list of candidates shall divide the funds obtained on a proportional basis by agreement, and if no agreement has been concluded then in equal shares.
Funds allocated to the financing of political parties in 2000 shall be determined in the budget of the Republic of Slovenia and may not exceed 0.017 per cent of the gross domestic product achieved in 1998, and in subsequent years may not exceed this percentage of the gross domestic product in the year prior to the adoption of the budget. The amount of funds due to each particular party shall be determined by the National Assembly at its first session following the adoption of the budget.
The funds shall be paid to the parties in twelfth parts.
Source: Law on Political Parties, article 23.
http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/europe/SI/slovenia-political-parties-act-2007/view
Verified: 2017/03/30
PC017
Question: Are political parties entitled to private funding?
Answer:
a . Yes
Comments:
Source: Law on Political Parties, articles 21 and 22.
http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/europe/SI/slovenia-political-parties-act-2007/view
Verified: 2017/03/30
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