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Article 17
 

Voters' Register and Polling Card


(1) The local authorities of the municipality shall maintain a register of persons eligible to vote for each polling district. A person eligible to vote shall have the right to verify that the data entered on his person in the voters' register are correct or complete on the work-ing days between the twentieth and sixteenth days before the election during normal opening hours. To verify that the data of other persons entered in the voters' register are correct or complete, a person eligible to vote shall only have the right to consult the vot-ers' register during the period specified in the second sentence if he produces facts con-firming that the voters' register is incorrect or incomplete. The right to verify data speci-fied in the third sentence shall not apply to data of persons eligible to vote against whose names restriction notes have been entered in the registers under Section 21 sub-section (5) of the Registration Framework Act or pertinent Land registration law.


 (2) A person eligible to vote who has been entered in the voters' register or who has not been entered in the voters' register for reasons beyond his control shall be issued a polling card on application.