D. Žalimas, who is running for president, submitted over 22 thousand to the CEC. voters’ signatures

According to the Central Election Commission, 1,197 signatures were collected on election sheets, another 21,000. 88 voters signed electronically.

After receiving the signature collection sheets, the CEC will check them within ten days and determine the final number of collected signatures.

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In order for a politician to run for president, he must collect at least 20,000 votes. voters’ signatures.

Earlier, the signatures of the voters were presented to the CEC by Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė, who is participating in the presidential elections, President Gitanas Nausėda, who is seeking a second term, the chairman of the “Nemunos aušra” party, Remigijus Žemaitaitis and the “worker” Andrius Mazuronis.

According to the CEC, it is still possible to sign for Giedrim Jeglinskas, Arūnas Rimkas, Valdas Tutkas, Eduardas Vaitkas, Aurelijas Verygas and Ignas Vēgelės – the latter already collected the necessary number of signatures online on Wednesday.

The CEC also informed that Gintautas Kniukšta, who wanted to run for office, sent a request to withdraw his application documents on Thursday and no longer plans to participate in the presidential elections.

The presidential election will be held on May 12.