Responsibilities for Registration in the Voters’ Register

(1) Responsibility for registration in the voters’ register shall lie,

1. in the case specified in Section 16 subsection (1) number 1 with the municipality responsible for the domicile or, if there is more than one domicile, with the municipality responsible for the main residence,

2. in the case specified in Section 16 subsection (1) number 2 with the municipality responsible for the seat of the ship owner,

3. in the case specified in Section 16 subsection (1) number 3 with the municipality responsible for the home port of the inland vessel,

4. in the case specified in Section 16 subsection (1) number 4 with the municipality responsible for the penal institution or similar establishment.

(2) Responsibility for registration in the voters’ register shall lie,

1. (repealed)

2. in the case specified in Section 16 subsection (2) number 1 letter (b) with the municipality in which the person eligible to vote submits his or her application,

3. in the case specified in Section 16 subsection (2) number 1 letter (c) with the municipality responsible for the penal institution or similar establishment,

4. (repealed)

5. in the case specified in Section 16 subsection (2) number 2 with the municipality in the Federal Republic of Germany in which the person eligible to vote, according to his or her statement, was last registered before leaving the electoral area, and, if he or she has never been registered in the electoral area, with the municipality he or she declares to be the most familiar with within the meaning of Section 12 subsection (2), first sentence, number 2 of the Federal Elections Act. The first sentence shall also apply to seamen who have been sailing under a foreign flag since leaving the electoral area as well as to boatmen on inland waterways whose vessels are not enrolled in a marine register in the Federal Republic of Germany and to the members of their households. For seamen who, since leaving a vessel which is eligible to fly the German flag, have sailed on a seagoing vessel under a foreign flag, the municipality in which the seat of the owner of their former ship is located shall be responsible. For boatmen on inland waterways who, since last sailing on an inland vessel enrolled in a marine register in the Federal Republic of Germany, have sailed on an inland vessel not enrolled in a marine register in the Federal Republic of Germany or on a seagoing vessel under a foreign flag, the municipality specified in subsection (1) number 3 above shall be responsible.

(3) Responsibility for registration in the voters’ register shall lie

1. in the case specified in Section 16 subsection (3), with the municipality of the new place of residence,

2. in the case specified in Section 16 subsection (4), with the municipality in which the person eligible to vote has registered in respect of a domicile or, if there is more than one domicile, in respect of a main residence,

3. in the case specified in Section 16 subsection (5), the municipality of the new main residence.