The municipal executive shall register the franchise of the persons referred to in section Y 3 (b) who are residents of the municipality in the municipal database, if they have submitted a written request to that effect.
The request shall include the applicant’s address and, where applicable, the place where he was last registered to vote in the member state of which he is a national. The request shall be accompanied by a copy of a document as referred to in section 1 of the Compulsory Identification Act. The applicant shall also declare that he has not been disqualified from voting in the member state of which he is a national and that he shall exercise his right to vote exclusively in the Netherlands.
Requests received after nomination day shall be disregarded for the purposes of the forthcoming election.
Where and when request forms may be obtained free of charge by voters shall be laid down by order in council. The declarations referred to in subsection 2 shall be incorporated in this form. A model form shall be established by ministerial order.
The municipal executive shall send nationals of other member states of the European Union who settle in the municipality from outside the European part of the Netherlands a form for requesting registration of their franchise.
The municipal executive shall decide on the request no later than the seventh day after receiving the request and shall notify the applicant of its decision forthwith.
If the municipal executive has been notified by another member state that a national of that member state has been disqualified from voting there, it shall not register the franchise of the person in question.
After the request for registration has been granted, the municipal executive shall notify the authority designated by the relevant member state that the person in question has been registered as a voter in the Netherlands. Further rules concerning how and when the notification should be made may be laid down by or pursuant to order in council.
The mayor shall publicly announce that nationals of other member states have the option of registration at least six weeks before nomination day.
10. Section D 9 shall apply mutatis mutandis to a decision as referred to in this section.
