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By Nazrin Gadimova

The Georgian Central Election Commission (CEC) reported that three more people decided to take part in the presidential campaign in Georgia.

The candidates were nominated by the "For a Fair Georgia" party (Sergo Javakhadze), as well as from two initiative groups - George Chikhladze and Merab Gorgadze.
Earlier, two candidates drop out of Georgia election race . Tariel Khvedelidze and Giorgi Gakhokiya were reportedly deregistered due to violations found in their documentation.

Mikheil Saluashvili, Nestan Kirtadze, Mamuka Chokhonelidze, Nikoloz Gorgijanidze, Labor Party leader Shalva Natelashvili, and the leader of the Christian Democratic Movement Giorgi Targamadze will stand in the elections.

The registration of candidates will begin on September 7 and will end on September 27. All candidates must collect at least 26,530 signatures each.

The 2013 presidential election in Georgia is scheduled for October. This will be the 6th presidential election after the country's declaration of independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. The last one, held on January 5, 2008, resulted in the election of Mikheil Saakashvili for his second and final presidential term. According to the constitution, Saakashvili cannot run for a third consecutive term.

According to the Central Election Commission, there are 3,537,249 voters in Georgia.