However, the apparent adequacy of legal provisions regulating the voters’ lists has not resulted in a voters’ list that can be considered sufficiently adequate. Despite efforts by the election administration to improve the voters’ list in recent years, inaccuracies still remain to be addressed. During the 2008 parliamentary elections a number of voters were refused the right to vote because their names were not in the voters’ list. There were also many claims by stakeholders, some of which were confirmed by the observers and the election administration, that the list was inflated with deceased persons, multiple records, and non-existing buildings as registration addresses. There were also apparent cases of persons changing registration addresses shortly before election day in closely-fought election districts. In practice, the registration process is insufficient due to the standing need of full commitment, capacity and coordination by the institutions involved in the compilation of the voters’ lists. It is again recommended that all relevant authorities in Georgia take all necessary efforts, according to an integrated approach, to compile an accurate list of voters. It is advised that the relevant authorities obligated under the Election Code to provide updated voter information to the CEC, particularly the Civil Registry, install the proper software so as to provide such information through an integrated system.
