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Paragraph 34
 
34.  Although the law provides for a “central system” that “connects” all municipalities, it does not designate a State body with clear responsibility for the maintenance of the central system. Overall responsibility and authority for its maintenance should be given to a single State body. Civil records held by municipalities in electronic form should be maintained using a single uniform software throughout the Republic. Links should be created between municipalities in order to allow for the verification of errors or duplicates in civil records. The provision in Article 12 that requires the State Administration Minister to issue more detailed rules for updating is not sufficient to achieve this purpose. The OSCE/ODIHR and the Venice Commission recommend that the law designate a State body with clear responsibility for the maintenance of a central voter list and a relevant budget.