(1) The Central Voters Register shall be maintained ex-officio.

(2) The Central Election Commission of BiH shall maintain the Central Voters Register for the territory of BiH on the basis of records of a competent State authority that maintains the records of citizens of BiH in accordance with the Law on Central Registers and Data Exchange, unless otherwise prescribed by this Law.

(3) The competent State authority referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article shall maintain and shall be responsible for the overall technical processing of all data of relevance for the records of the Central Voters Register (hereinafter: the authority in charge of technical maintenance of the Central Voters Register records).

(4) The competent authority that maintains the records on citizens of BiH pursuant to Law on Citizens’ Single Identification Number, Law on Permanent and Temporary Residence of the Citizens of BiH and the Law on Identification Card of BiH Citizens, shall receive the data from:

a) Competent Registry Office on death of all citizens over eighteen (18) years of age; and
b) Competent Ministry of BiH on deregistration of BiH citizenship

(5) The competent authority in charge of technical maintenance of the Central Voter Register shall receive the data pursuant to the Law on Central Registers and Data Exchange as well as the provisions of the Law on Personal Identification Number, the Law on Permanent and Temporary Residence of BiH Citizens, and the Law on ID Cards, from a competent authority in charge of maintaining the records on any change of permanent and temporary residence.

(6) The competent authority in charge of technical maintenance of the Central Voter Register records shall receive data from the following parties:

a) Municipal Election Commissions on Polling Stations; and
b) Central Election Commission of BIH and Municipal Election Commissions on changes of voting options.

(7) The competent authority in charge of maintaining the official records concerning such data shall be responsible for accuracy and update of data necessary to produce the Central Voters Register.

(8) The competent Registry Offices shall provide to the authority competent for maintaining the official records concerning the Citizens’ Single Identification Number, Permanent and Temporary Residence of the Citizens of BiH with the data on all changes that affect the accuracy of the Central Voters Register, in writing, not later than within seven (7) days from the date the change has occurred.

(9) The authority competent for maintaining the official records concerning the Citizens’ Single Identification Number, Permanent and Temporary Residence of the Citizens of BiH is responsible for keeping the data updated and accurate and is obliged to keep the files with documents, public identification documents and requests of citizens, on the basis of which the Central Voters Register is maintained and updated, and make the access to these files possible and the files available at the request of the Central Election Commission.