Rules for Citizens’ Inclusion In and Exclusion from Voters List.
47.1 All citizens who have active suffrage, shall be included in the voters lists.
47.2 Residence of a voter or the fact that a voter is residing permanently within territory of the relevant electoral precinct (residing in precinct territory at least 6 months out of 12 months prior to announcement of the elections) defined by the body which registers residence, shall be a sufficient basis for inclusion of voter in the voters list for the relevant precinct.
47.3 Military servants who reside outside of the military unit shall be included in the voters list on a common basis for their place of residence. Basis for inclusion of military servants, their family members in a military unit and other voters who reside within the territory of the military unit in the voters list is the fact of permanent of mostly place of residence defined by the bodies which register place of residence of the citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan or confirmed by order of the commander of a military unit on inclusion of persons in the military staff who are in military service.
47.4 The basis for inclusion of citizens of the Azerbaijan Republic residing outside the Republic of Azerbaijan and those who are on a long-term foreign business trip in the voters list shall be the fact that a person is residing outside of the Republic of Azerbaijan permanently or the fact that a voter is on a long-term business trip as determined by the diplomatic representation or consular office of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
47.5 Voters who are in hospitals, sanatoriums, rest homes shall be included in the voters lists of the election precincts created there on the basis of an identification document or other substitute document. If no voting station is created in the aforementioned places in accordance with Article 35.4 of this Code, then such voters shall be included in the voters lists pursuant to information provided to the Precinct Election Commission by the administration of those institutions. The mentioned information shall fully describe all the data contained in the voter’s identification document or substitute document.
47.6 The persons with no valid court sentence, and which are subject to preventive punishment shall be included in voters lists based upon information provided to the Precinct Election Commissions by the administration of investigation jails. The mentioned information shall fully describe all the data contained in the person’s identification document or substitute document.
47.7 Disabled citizens of the Azerbaijan Republic can be included in voters lists according to information provided by their relatives or other persons who have relations with them. In such case, the identification document or a substitute document of the disabled citizen shall be presented.
47.8 Citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan, who have active suffrage and who are in foreign countries, shall be included in the voters list on the basis of their international passport or substitute document, when they come to the voting station.
47.9 Voters who reside within the territory of the electoral precinct and who have not been included in the voters list for any reason, shall be included in the voters list by the Precinct Election Commission on the basis of their ID or other substitute document, after the voters cards are distributed and voters lists are submitted for public display. If necessary, other documents, which confirm that the voter lives mostly within the territory of that electoral precinct, may be required.
47.10 A voter can be included in the voters list for one precinct only. Shall the election commission reveal that a voter has been registered in more than one precinct, the commission has to investigate the matter and ensure that the voter’s name remains in one list. If the voter is intentionally included in more than one voters list, the voter may be subject to administrative liability under the Code of Administrative Offences of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
47.11 After voters lists are approved, a voter shall be excluded from the voters list on the basis of official documents as well as on a voting card issued to the voter in conformity with Article 101 of this Code, and then be informed about it in writing. In such circumstances, date and reason for exclusion of voter from the voters list should be recorded in the voters list. This fact shall be verified by signatures of the Chairperson and Secretaries of the Precinct Election Commission. When issuing de-registration card for voting it shall be verified with the signature of the commission members who issues it.
