Inspection of the Voters’ Register

(1) The local authority of the municipality shall keep the voters’ register available for inspection at least at the administrative center of the municipality during the general opening hours. If an automated process is used to maintain the voters’ register, inspec-tion through a data terminal can also be made available. Care must be taken to ensure that notes (Section 23 subsection (3)) can be read in comprehensible form. The data terminal may only be operated by an employee of the local authority.

(2) (Repealed)

(3) Within the inspection period, persons eligible to vote shall be allowed to draw ex-cerpts from the voters’ register if they do so in the context of verifying the voting rights of specified individuals. The excerpts may be used for this purpose only and must not be made accessible to unconcerned third parties.