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Article 28
 

Voter card



1. A Voter card shall be a document giving information to a voter about an election, and is an invitation to participate in an election. Voter cards together with other information about an election shall be delivered to voters by or such delivery shall be organised by election Commissions. A voter personally or at her/his request – any other person may print or fill her/his Voter card in accordance with the data of the National Voter List received in accordance with the CEC procedure. The voter shall sign her/his Voter card personally, except for the cases where s/he cannot sign it because of her/his physical disability, sickness or any other reason, while the Voter card is signed by any other person chosen by the voter, indicating her/his name, surname and personal number. PECs shall distribute Voter card forms which may be filled by the voter. A Voter card shall be mandatory only in the cases where a voter votes not on election day at a place other than a polling station.



2. A Voter card shall specify:
1) the voter’s name and surname;
2) the voter’s home address;
3) the name and number of the MEC where the precinct is allocated;
4) the name, number of a precinct on the voter list of which the voter has been entered, as well as the address of a polling station;
5) the successive number of the voter on Voter list for Precinct; and
6) election date, polling time at the polling station; invitation to attend an election and other information relevant to the voter or the organisation of an election.



3. If a voter applies for a Voter card in case the Voter card has been lost or has not been received, a Voter card must be issued to the voter as soon as her/his data, which must be entered on the card, are established.