35. Are there provisions for any other form of indirect public funding?

Belarus

Belarus

Answer
Yes
Source

Article 45. Election agitation, agitation for referendum, recall of a deputy or a member of the Council of the Republic

"Local executive and administrative bodies together with the respective electoral commissions determine premises for the holding of meetings with candidates for the President of the Republic of Belarus, for deputies with voters, as well as for pre-election meetings being organized by voters. Applications for premises are submitted by candidates, their authorized persons, voters to the respective territorial, circuit electoral commissions not later than two days prior to the proposed date of the event. The application shall indicate location (locations) of its holding, date, time of the beginning and end of the event; surname, name of the applicant, information about his place of residence and telephone number, date of submission of the application. If it is impossible to provide the premises for the date and time specified in the application, the respective electoral commission shall inform the applicant not later than on the following day after the receipt of the application and suggest another date and time of the meeting, assembly. Facilities for holding meetings with voters, pre-election assemblies are provided free of charge in the order of the receipt of applications."

Source: Article 45 (indents 16 - 21), Electoral Code of the Republic of Belarus, 2000 (Amended as of June 4, 2015)

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