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Article 96
 

(1) Any person with a right to vote in general elections and who has been included in the electoral register shall be entitled to participate in referendums.


(2) When the day for a referendum has been fixed, the local council shall prepare an electoral register of the voters of the municipality and send out poll cards in accordance with the rules of Part 4 regarding general elections. In referendums which are not held in all parts of the realm the same rules as for listing in the electoral register, or deletion from the electoral register when moving away from or into that or those part(s) of the realm in which no referendum is held shall apply as for moving to Denmark from abroad or for leaving Denmark to live abroad.


(3) Within 10 days prior to the referendum the Minister for Social Welfare shall announce the day and time for the voting and for sending out of poll cards in accordance with the rules of Part 4 regarding general elections.