Who checks the signatures?

Law on National Referendums, Legislative Initiatives and European Citizens’ Initiative

Article 9

(1) The stamp of the relevant city or municipality election commission and the signature of the commission chairperson shall be put at the bottom of each signatures sheet to certify that the collection of signatures has taken place in accordance with the procedure prescribed by law.

(2) When the period for collecting signatures as prescribed by the Central Election Commission has expired, the city and municipality election commissions shall send the signatures sheets to the Central Election Commission in accordance with the procedure prescribed by the Commission.

Local city or municipality election commissions