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(1) A party's county organisation may apply for a grant. The grants are provided as vote support and basic support. Party organisations in Oslo may apply for a grant both as a county organisation and as a municipal organisation, cf. Section 13.
(2) The vote support is paid as an equal amount in kroner to each vote received at the last county council election. The basic support is paid as an equal amount in kroner to parties that at the last county council election received at least 4% of the votes in the county or had at least one representative elected to the county council. Of the total support, 9/10 is distributed as vote support and 1/10 as basic support.
(3) A party's youth organisation that is entitled to vote support may apply for a government grant. The vote support is paid as an equal amount in kroner to each vote received by the party during the last county council election.
(4) The application shall be sent to the County Governor. Applications for grants during the first year after an election are considered to apply to the entire election period as long as the applicant does not provide other information during the period. The grant is disbursed by the County Governor to the parties' county organisations and youth organisations.
(5) Joint lists of election candidates, consisting of parties that meet the conditions in Chapter 2, may apply for vote support and basic support. The grant is calculated pursuant to
subsection 2. The disbursements will be based on the parties' agreed proposal for distribution. Should the parties on the joint list fail to agree on the distribution, the grant shall be distributed discretionally on the basis of the number of votes cast for the parties on a national basis or according to the votes cast at a previous election.