Section 58, The Public Elections Act, 2022

(1) A candidate shall be nominated in writing by 3 votersof the electoral area for which he intends to contest an election and shall not be nominated in more than one electoral area. (2) For every 3 candidate nominated under subsection (1), one of them shall be female. (3) A nomination of a candidate under subsection (1), shall be in Form A in the Sixth Schedule and shall be subscribed by the candidate and the persons nominating him. (4) A Returning Officer shall- (a) provide nomination papers and supply a voter with the number of nomination papers that he may reasonably require; (b) complete the nomination on a voter's behalf, at the request of a voter, the candidate and all his nominators being present. 30 31 Certification publication of result. Assumption of office by elected Challenge of President. Composition Parliament. Form of general Time for of candidate. of (3) Where a candidate is endorsed by more than one political party, with his expressed concent the Commission shall strike out the name of the candidate from all the lists in which it appears and inform the candidate and the political parties concerned, accordingly.