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Article 42.
 

Making Changes and Adjustments to Corrected Voter List for a Regular Election Precinct


1. Amendments to the corrected voter list shall be made by the head or the deputy head and the secretary of the precinct election commission on the basis of a court judgment and notification from the State Voter Register maintenance body.


2. On the day of voting, any changes to the corrected voter list shall be made only on the basis of a court judgment.


3. Should a voter be included in the voter list for an election precinct under the procedure for making amendments to the corrected voter list, the information on the voter provided for by the form of the voter list shall be entered at the end of the voter list. In this case, the date and number of the court judgment or notification from the State Voter Register maintenance body shall be entered in the column “Notes”; if the voter’s place of voting is located outside the respective single-mandate district, a note shall be entered for the voter to receive only the ballot for voting in the nationwide election district. {Part 3 Article 42 as amended pursuant to the Law № 709-VII dd. 21.11.2013}


4. The removal of a person who was wrongly included in the voter list shall be made by striking out, and the removal shall be certified in the column “Notes” by the word “Excluded” and the signatures of the head and the secretary of the precinct election commission. In that case, the date and number of the court judgment or notification from the State Voter Register maintenance body shall be entered in the same column next to the voter’s last name. 5. If it is found that a voter is included in the corrected voter lists two or more times, in connection with receipt of a report from a precinct election commissi


on on the inclusion of the voter in a voter list for another election precinct, then the State Voter Register maintenance body receiving such a report shall notify without delay the respective [original] precinct election commission, which must exclude the voter from the voter list for that precinct.


6. In case of amendments being made to the voter list for a regular election precinct, the precinct election commission of the regular precinct shall dispatch the information on the voters included in or excluded from the voter list to the relevant State Voter Register maintenance body.


7. On the day of voting, the head, the deputy head, or the secretary of the precinct election commission shall correct all inaccuracies and technical errors in the corrected voter list, namely, misspelled last names, first names (all first names), patronymics (if any), errors in the date of birth, and number of the building and apartment of residence, provided that despite such technical errors it is obvious that the person on the voter list is the same person who has come to the election precinct for voting. Such correction shall be certified in the column “Notes” by the signature of the head or deputy head or secretary of the precinct election commission.


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