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Article 156
 

(Restriction on Voting)


(1) A person who is not listed on the electoral register shall not vote: Provided, That a person may vote, appearing with a notice to the effect that there exist justifiable reasons provided in Article 41 (2), 42 (2), or 43 (2).


(2) Even though a person is listed on the electoral register, he/she shall not vote if he/she has no voting franchise on the election day.


(3) An abode voter shall vote at his/her abode in accordance with Article 158-2: Provided, That any of the following persons may vote at the relevant polling station on the election day:


<Amended by Act No. 9974, Jan. 25, 2010; Act No. 12267, Jan. 17, 2014>


1. A person to whom a ballot paper for abode polling has not been dispatched because he/she falls under the provisions of Article 154 (2);


2. A person who has not received a ballot paper for abode polling because the ballot paper was returned;


3. A person who fails to vote with the ballot paper that he/she received for abode polling but who returns the ballot paper for abode polling, along with the envelop for return, to the official in charge of voting management at the relevant polling station on the election day.


(4) When an abode voter votes at the relevant polling station on the election day under the proviso to paragraph (3), the official in charge of voting management shall verify and identify the voter with the electoral register or the list of abode voters notified pursuant to Article 154 (3) and record
the fact in the column for notes in the electoral register.


<Newly Inserted by Act No. 9974, Jan. 25, 2010; Act No. 12267, Jan. 17, 2014>