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Article 138
 

138.1. In order to update the Registry of Voters, the Institute, through the Executive Directorate of the Federal Register of Voters, will annually conduct, from September 1 to December 15, an intense campaign to call and guide the citizens to comply with the duties referred to in the two following paragraphs.


138.2. During the updating period the citizens should appear before the off ces of the Executive Directorate of the Federal Register of Voters, in the places determined by it, in order to include in the Registry of Voters those citizens:


a) Who have not been included during the application of the total censual technique, and


b) Who were given their citizenship after the application of the total censual technique.


138.3. During the updating period they should also appear before the offices the citizens incorporated into the Registry of Voters that:


a) Have not notified their change of address;


b) Have lost their voter card, and


c) Have had their suspended political rights restored.


138.4. When the citizens voluntarily come to register or to announce a change in address, or when they are required by the Institute personnel during the application of the census technique, they will be required to state the address where they were registered before and, where necessary, to sign and put their fingerprints on the documents for the respective update.


138.5. The national political parties and the media could assist the Institute in the tasks of citizen guidance.