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Article 184
 

Procedure for drawing up a unified list of voters for 2014 elections of a Sakrebulo, of a municipal Gamgebeli, of the Mayor of Tbilisi and Mayors of other self-governing cities


1. A unified list of voters is a list of the persons registered according to their place of residence, as well as of those who indicate their place of actual residence under the third paragraph of this article.


2. For the 2014 elections of a Sakrebulo, of a municipal Gamgebeli, of the Mayor of Tbilisi and Mayors of other self-governing cities, the unified list of voters shall include the following information about a voter:


a) first name, last name
b) date of birth (day, month, year)
c) address (according to a Georgian citizen’s identity card or the Agency database)
d) a Georgian citizen’s personal number
e) the place of actual residence (for IDPs from the occupied territories of Georgia or for individuals registered without an indication of address, for individuals removed from registration according to the place of residence, as well as for individuals whose registration has been declared invalid by decision of the Agency, a temporary place of residence shall be indicated; for individuals staying abroad, the word ‘on a consular registry’ shall be indicated, and, if such persons are not registered in a consular registry of Georgia, the word ‘staying abroad’ shall be indicated)
f) date of registration in the unified list of voters
g) photo (the latest digital photo available in the electronic database of the Agency)
h) sex.


3. To take part in the 2014 elections for local self-government bodies, a citizen of Georgia having the right to vote and registered without an indication of address, also an individual removed from registration according to their place of residence and an individual whose registration has been declared invalid by decision of the Agency, must apply to the Agency before 28 May 2014 and get registered according to their place of residence or indicate their place of actual residence and take a digital photo.


4. The unified list of voters shall be compiled according to the procedure provided for in Article 31 of this Law for the compilation of the unified list of voters based on the data on persons with active suffrage available (entered) in the Civil Registry of the Agency and the data forwarded by the institutions referred to in Article 31(5) of this Law.


5. To verify the data on eligible voters to be provided by the Agency to the CEC, the latest photo of each person with the right to vote in the electronic database of the Agency shall be compared, using an appropriate software (photo search system), with the latest photos of all persons with the right to vote in the same database. If any possibly duplicate identity data of natural persons are detected as a result of photo comparison, the Agency shall study the identification data individually and establish the valid data. If the Agency detects any wrong details, it shall act according to the legislation of Georgia.


6. Local self-government bodies shall immediately inform the Agency of any changes made to the names/numbers of streets and houses. LEPL National Agency of Public Registry shall provide the Agency, on a continuing basis, with information on the numbering of geographic facilities, the numbering of their complexes and parts located in the territory of Tbilisi.


7. The Agency shall provide the CEC with the information on eligible voters not later than 1 May 2014 as defined in this article, and if requested by the CEC, the Agency shall provide the above information, current as of the day of its provision, within 3 calendar days after the request, but not later than the 11th day before Election Day.


8. For the 2014 elections of local self-government bodies, the commander of the relevant military (paramilitary) unit shall provide the list of the persons specified in Article 32(1)(d) of this Law to the relevant DEC not later than 1 May 2014.