The collection of signatures of presidential candidates for the April 24 elections expires at Friday midnight.
State Election Commission (SEC) data shows that seven out of the 15 candidates have already collected the required 10,000 signatures for a presidential bid: StevoPendarovski (SDSM) 22,411, GordanaSiljanovska-Davkova (VMRO-DPMNE) 28,086, BujarOsmani (DUI) 11,085, ArbenTaravari (Coalition Worth It) 10,710, StevchoJakimovski (GROM) 11,278, MaksimDimitrievski (ZNAM) 11,605, and BiljanaVankovskaCvetkovska (Levica) 10,528 signatures.