According to the Central Electoral Commission (VRK), signatures have been collected by ten pretenders: the Labour Party's nominee Arturas Paulauskas, Chair of the Lithuania's Green Party Linas Balsys, social democratic nominee MEP Zigmantas Balcytis, Vilnius Mayor Arturas Zuokas, signatory Rolandas Paulauskas, leader of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania Valdemaras Tamosevskis, Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union's nominee Bronis Rope, current President Dalia Grybauskaite, MP Naglis Puteikis, Chair of the Democratic Labour and Unity Party Kristina Brazauskiene, widow of former President Algirdas Brazauskas.
These pretenders received signature sheets from the VRK on Saturday.
The last day to issue signature sheets is April 10; the last day to bring them back to the VRK is April 27. The shortest set term to collect signatures is two weeks.
The VRK registers a person as candidate to the Office of President of the Republic of Lithuania only if that person is supported at least by 20,000 voters.
