1. The voter lists shall include all the citizens of the Russian Federation owning an active right to vote in accordance with article 3 hereof except in case provided by clause 4 of this article. (clause 1 as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)

2. Location of the citizen’s place of residence in the territory of a certain polling station confirmed by bodies for registration of the Russian Federation citizens at their location and place of residence within the Russian Federation shall serve as the ground for inclusion of the citizen into the voter list at this polling station pursuant to the federal law regulating the procedure for exercising the right of the Russian Federation citizens to liberty of movement, choice of the place of location and residence within the Russian Federation.

3. The military residing outside the military units shall be included into the voter lists at their place of residence on a regular basis. Location of the place of residence of the military, their family members and other voters (if they reside within the military unit) in the military unit which is confirmed by the respective body of the military unit or the bodies for registration of the Russian Federation citizens at the place of location and residence within the Russian Federation or the order of the military unit commander on enrolment of the citizens doing call-up military service into the military unit staff shall serve as the ground for their inclusion into the voter list.

4. A written application of the Russian Federation citizen residing outside the Russian Federation or being on a long-term business trip abroad submitted not later than on the day preceding the voting date to the respective election commission or his oral application submitted on the voting date shall serve as the ground for his inclusion into the voter list.

5. The voters being full-time students and registered at the place of location in the hall of residence (at location of the educational institution) shall be included into the voter list at the place of location of the hall of residence (the educational establishment). Such information shall be transferred to the precinct election commission of the polling station where this voter has been included into the voter list at the place of residence through the territorial election commission (if the place of the voter’s residence is within the same Russian Federation subject) or through the election commission of the Russian Federation subject (if the place of the voter’s residence is within another Russian Federation subject). The precinct election commission shall make the following note in the respective line of the voter list: “Included into the voter list at the polling station No.” with indication of the number of the polling station and the name of the Russian Federation subject. (as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)

6. The voters staying on the voting date in hospitals, health resorts, recreation centers, detention facilities or other places of temporary stay shall be included into the voter list on the basis of the passport or another document substituting the passport of the citizen and the absentee voting certificate for voting at the Russian Federation presidential elections (hereinafter — the “absentee voting certificate”). The voters staying at places of temporary stay, working for enterprises with nonstop operation and employed by some kinds of work in which it is not possible to reduce the working hours (shift) and the voters doing military service and located outside their military unit which have not had a chance to receive the absentee voting certificate may by decision of the precinct election commission be included into the voter list at the polling station at the place of temporary stay according to a personal written application submitted to the precinct election commission not later than three days before the voting date. Such information shall be transferred to the precinct election commission where this voter has been included into the voter list at place of residence through the territorial election commission (if the place of residence of the voter is within the same Russian Federation subject) or through the election commission of the Russian Federation subject (if the place of the voter’s residence is within another Russian Federation subject). The precinct election commission shall make the following note in the respective line of the voter list: “Included into the voter list at the polling station No.” with indication of the number of the polling station and the name of the Russian Federation subject. The voters not registered at the place of residence within the Russian Federation may by decision of the precinct election commission be included into the voter list at the polling station formed at the place of their location or the place defined by the decision of the election commission of the Russian Federation subject for holding the voting of these electors in accordance with article 25, clause 4 hereof according to a personal written application submitted to the precinct election commission not later than on the voting date. (as amended by Federal Laws No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005, No. 64-FZ of April 26, 2007) Provision of article 27 as amended by Federal Law No. 263-FZ of October 04, 2010 shall apply to legal relations arising out of holding elections and referendums called after the effective date of the stated Federal Law (article 6, part 4 of Federal Law No. 263-FZ of October 04, 2010).

6.1. Voter lists at polling stations formed at railway stations and airports in accordance with article 25, clause 4 hereof shall be drawn up on the voting date. The voters located in the stated places on the voting date shall be included into the voter lists upon submission of absentee voting certificates. (clause 6.1. has been introduced by Federal Law No. 263-FZ of October 04, 2010)

7. The Russian Federation citizens recognized as forced migrants or having applied to the federal executive body dealing with migration issues or to its territorial bodies with petitions for their recognition as forced migrants shall be included into the voter list at the place of their temporary stay on the basis of the passport or the document substituting the passport of the citizen and the respective documents issued by the stated bodies.

8. The Russian Federation citizens having an active right to vote and staying abroad on private invitation, on official, business, and tourist trips shall be included into the voter list in case of their appearance in the precinct election commission premises on the basis of the passport or the document substituting the passport of the citizen and the absentee voting certificate. The stated citizens who have not had a chance to obtain an absentee voting certificate shall be included into the voter list by the precinct election commission on the basis of an oral application on the voting date. (as amended by Federal Law No. 64-FZ of April 26, 2007)

9. The Russian Federation citizens registered at the place of residence in the territory of the polling station after submission of the voter list for introduction to the voters and the voters which have not been included into the list due to some reason shall be additionally included into the voter list by the precinct election commission on the basis of the passport or the document substituting the passport of the citizen and, if needed, of the documents confirming location of the place of the voter’s residence (in case of absence of the place of residence — confirming the place of location) in the territory of this polling station. (as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)

10. The voter may be included into the voter list only at one polling station.

11. Exclusion of the Russian Federation citizen from the voter list signed by the chairman and secretary of the territorial election commission (in case provided by article 26, clause 11 hereof — by the chairman and secretary of the precinct election commission) and certified by the seal of this commission shall be performed only on the basis of official documents, including reports of the superior territorial election commission on inclusion of the voter into the voter list at another polling station and if the absentee voting certificate has been issued to the voter within the procedure set hereby. In this case the voter list shall contain the date of exclusion of the voter from the voter list and the reason for such exclusion. This note shall be certified by the signature of the chairman of the precinct election commission and in case of issue of the absentee voting certificate by the signature of the commission member having issued this certificate. (as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)

12. No changes shall be introduced into the voter lists upon termination of the voting process and starting the electors’ votes counting.