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Article 17
 
Article 17. Compilation of Lists of Voters, Referendum Participants
1. In order to ensure the rights of voters, referendum participants, relevant election commissions shall compile lists of voters, referendum participants on the basis of the data obtained through the utilization of the state system of voter and referendum participant registration and provided in compliance with the requirements of Clause 6 of this article.
2. Citizens of the Russian Federation who as of voting day enjoy are entitled to an the active electoral right, the right to participate in a referendum shall be included in the lists of voters, referendum participants in the electoral precincts, precincts for referendum precincts.
3. . In the eventIf, under an international treaty of the Russian Federation, foreign nationals are entitled to participate in elections to elections of bodies of local self-government or in a local referendum, the lists of voters, referendum participants for elections to elections of bodies of local self-government, local referendums shall, in accordance with the law, include foreign nationals that have attained to the age of 18 years as of voting day, and are not covered bydo not fall within Clause 3, Article 4 of this Federal Law and permanently resideing on the territory of the municipality in which the said election or referendum is held.
4. The grounds for including a citizen of the Russian Federation on the list of voters, referendum participants in a concrete electoral precinct, precinct for the referendum precinct shall be constituted by the fact that his permanent place of residence is located on the territory of this electoral precinct; and in cases specified by this Federal Law, other federal laws and provided that his place of residence is located on the territory of the electoral district containing the electoral precinct, also by the fact of his temporary stay on the territory of this precinct or possession by the citizen of an absentee certificate. The fact that a citizen’s place of permanent residence or temporary stay is located on the territory of an electoral district or an electoral precinct shall be established by the bodies in charge of registration of citizens of the Russian Federation in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation.
5. Military Servicemen at Servicemen in active military service conscripts in military units, military organizations and institutions, cadets of military professional educational institutionsschools that are located on the territory of the relevant municipality shall not be included in the lists of voters, referendum participants for at elections to elections of the bodies of local self-government, a local referendum and shall not be counted during the determination ofwhen the number of voters, referendum participants is determined, unless they their place of residence prior to the drafting resided permanently or currently was located within thein said municipalities.
6. Information about registered voters, referendum participants shall be submitted and updated by an authorized body or official of local self-government authorized to do so. Information about voters, referendum participants who are servicemen staying in military units, their families and other voters, referendum participants if they live on the territory where the military unit is stationed located or are duly registered in the established procedure at in the military unit as the place of their service is compiled and kept updated by the commander of the military unit. Information about voters, referendum participants who live outside the territory of the Russian Federation or are on long missions business trips abroad shall be compiled and updated by the head of the diplomatic mission, consular mission of the Russian Federation. Such information shall be sent delivered to territorial commissions (election commissions of municipalities) by the authorized body or official authorized to do soto territorial commissions (election commissions of municipalities), and if none are availableterritorial commissions do not exist - to district election commissions, and in the cases provided for by law - to precinct commissions immediately after voting day is set or after the commissions are formed.
7. The list of voters, referendum participants shall be composed compiled by the appropriate commission, usingwith the use, among other things, the State Automated System, separately for each electoral precinct, referendum precinct on the basis of the information submitted in accordance with anthe established form by duly authorized the bodyies authorized to do so or authorized officials.
8. At elections to elections of federal bodies of state power or a referendum of the Russian Federation, precinct commissions formed at in electoral precincts or referendum precincts, established outside the territory of the Russian Federation, shall be entitled to compile a list of voters, referendum participants before voting day on the basis of written applications, and on voting day, on the basis of oral applications of citizens of the Russian Federation who have come to the precinct commission while and who permanently residing reside outside the territory of the Russian Federation or being are on long business trips abroad.
9. A citizen of the Russian Federation who is entitled to an active electoral right, a right to participate in a referendum who, is staying on voting day at elections to elections of the federal bodies of state power, referendum of the Russian Federation, is staying outside the territory of the Russian Federation and who have had no opportunity to obtain absentee voting certificate or vote earlier shall be included in the list of voters, referendum participants by the appropriate election commission, referendum commission when he comes for voting to the premises of the precinct commission on voting day.
10. A citizen of the Russian Federation shall be included in the list of voters, referendum participants only in one electoral precinct, precinct for referendum precinct.
11. Lists of voters, referendum participants shall be compiled in two copies. The data regarding voters, referendum participants included in the list of voters, referendum participants shall be arranged in an alphabetical or other order (by populated areas, streets, blocs of apartments, voters' addresses). The lists of voters, referendum participants shall contain the family surname, given first name, patronymic name, year of birth (for voters at the aged of 18, also the day and month of birth), address of the place of residence of the voter, referendum participant. A list of voters, referendum participants shall provide blank spaces for a voter, referendum participant to sign for each ballot received by the voter, referendum participant, and blank spaces for entering summary data for each type of election, referendum, and for the signature of the member of the precinct commission issuing the ballot (ballots) to the voter, referendum participant.
12. The first copy of the list of voters, referendum participants shall be signed by the chairman and the secretary of the commission that has compiled the list. In electoral precincts, referendum precincts that are established on the territory of a military unit, in a remote or a hard-to-reach area, the list of voters, referendum participants shall be signed by the chairman and the secretary of the precinct commission. The list of voters, referendum participants shall be certified by the seals of the territorial commission (the district election commission, the municipality election commission ) and the precinct commission, respectively. The procedure and time of making the preparation and use of the second copy of the list of voters, referendum participants, and its submission to the relevant precinct commission, and of its certification and updating shall be defined determined by the commission organizing the election or the referendum.
13. The relevant territorial commission (the district election commission, the municipality election commission) shall transfer the first copy of the list of voters, referendum participants of a specific electoral precinct, precinct for the referendum precictprecinct to the precinct commissions in accordance with a transfer certificate not later than 25 days prior to the election day or the referendum day. A precinct commission shall be entitled to divide the first copy of the list of voters, referendum participants into separate books. Each such book shall be sewn (stitched) together not later than on the day preceding voting day, and certified by the seal of the corresponding precinct commission and a the signature of its chairman.
14. The precinct commission shall update the list of voters, referendum participants in compliance with the procedure established for organization of interaction and cooperation of election commissions and referendum commissions with the bodies of local self-government, institutions and organizations in charge of the registration of voters, referendum participants. A verified and updated list of voters, referendum participants shall be signed by the precinct commission’s chairman and secretary and certified by the seal of the precinct commission.
15. The list of voters, referendum participants shall be displayed made available by the precinct commission for inspection by to voters, referendum participants for inspection and further updating verification not later than 20 days prior to voting day.
16. A citizen of the Russian Federation who are is entitled to an active electoral right, the right to participate in a referendum shall be entitled to apply to a precinct commission about his non-enrollment inclusion on the list of voters, referendum participants or regarding any mistake or inaccuracy of the his data on him on the list of voters, referendum participants. The precinct commission shall review consider such applications and submitted documents within 24 hours of the submission or within 2 hours if submitted on voting day but not later than the end of voting, and rectify correct the mistake or inaccuracy or issue a written response to the applicant stating the reasons for the rejection of the application. A citizen may be excluded removed from the list of voters, referendum participants which has been signed by the chairman and the secretary of the relevant commission and certified by the commission’s seal in accordance with the procedure provided for by Clause 12 of this article only on the basis of official documents or In the eventif an absentee certificate was issued to the voter, referendum participanthas been issued and absentee certificate, or his inclusion he is included in another list of voters, referendum participants. In such case, the fact of exclusion removal and the date on which the citizen of the Russian Federation was excluded removed from the list and the reasons for exclusiondingremoval shall be indicated in the list of voters, referendum participants and in the database of the State Automated Information System. This entry in on the list of voters, referendum participants shall be certified by a the signature of the chairman of the precinct commission. The decision of the precinct commission may be appealed to a higher commission or to a court (at the location of the precinct commission) that shall review consider the appeal within 3 days or immediately if submitted within three days of before voting day or on voting day. Each citizen of the Russian Federation shall be entitled to notify the precinct commission of a change inthat the data, specified by Clause 5, Article 16 of this Federal Lawprovided for by Clause 5, Article 16 of this Federal Law, of voters, referendum participants included in the list of voters, referendum participants inat the respective precinct has been changed.
17. Voters, referendum participants who occur are at locations places of their temporary stay and are working at continuously operating organizations or are involved in such types of operations where no shortening of work (working shift) is possible, and military personnel occurring being outside their garrisons may, by their personal application submitted in accordance with the due legal procedure established by law, be included in the lists of voters, referendum participants at in the electoral precinct, referendum precinct at the location place of their temporary stay not later than seven days before voting day.
18. Modifications ofto the list of voters, referendum participants shall not be allowed after the end of voting and the beginning of the vote count.