The august presidential election in Belarus led to the biggest demonstrations since the country's independence. The outcome is still not clear.
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Candidates' addresses on the ballot paper (77 KB, PDF)
A new clause was added to the Political Parties and Elections Bill at report stage on 2 March 2009 which would allow candidates to withhold their home address from publication. There has been a provision to require a candidate to give his home address on the nomination form, from where it is transferred to the ballot paper, since the Ballot Act 1872. This Note looks at the background to this requirement and at earlier calls for the practice to be discontinued.
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Candidates' addresses on the ballot paper (77 KB, PDF)
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