All the documents required for the official registration of the author as a candidate for the presidential elections were submitted within the time limits specified by law . 2.2 On 25 July 2001 , the Central Electoral Commission on Elections and Conduct of Republican Referendums ( CEC ) has refused to accept 14,000 signatures that were collected before the cut-off date of 20 July 2001 but were not submitted to the Electoral Commissions .