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Article 49
 

The compilation of preliminary voter lists

1. The preliminary voter list is complied as follows:

a) No later than 15 days form the decree of the election date, the civil status offices, under the authority of the mayor of the local government unit and in accordance with the instructions of the Minister in charge of local government, compile the preliminary voter list for each polling unit by extracting from the electronic database of the National Civil Status Register of the respective unit all citizens who will turn 18 by the date the elections are held;

b) Within 30 days from issuing and submitting the voter lists in accordance with letter (a) of this point, the mayor of the local government unit divides or merges the list if the conditions provided in article 62 of this Code exist. The mayor of the local government unit specifies the exact location, the full address of the voting centres, prepares the map of the local government unit on which the polling unit boundaries are also marked and makes it public in places having free access that are within the local government unit. The mayor of the respective local government unit keeps unchanged the location, the existing address and the polling unit boundaries, except in the case provided in point 2 of article 62 of this Code. He may not change the location of the voting centre during the last 10 days before the election date, except in cases of force majeure.

c) Within 5 days from the end of the timeline provided for in letter (b) of this article, the mayor of the local government unit issues the preliminary voter list. The lists are posted at the premises of the respective unit and at each voting centre, placing them in public areas where citizens have free access.

2. The CEC creates and updates the map of voting centre locations based on the information obtained from the mayors of the local government units pursuant to letter (b) of point 1 of this article. One copy of the map is given to each electoral subject in exchange for a fee that covers the cost of reproduction.