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Article 1
 

(1) On the basis of a permanent list of electors3), a municipality shall make a list of electors qualified to elect the president (hereinafter the “list of qualified electors”) in individual election precincts.


(2) A municipality shall make the list of qualified electors also for a special election precinct; the head of the respective facility shall cooperate with the municipality in making of the list. The municipality, in which a special election precinct was established shall immediately inform the respective municipality, according to the permanent residence of a qualified elector, about his/her registration on the list of qualified electors. 


(3) Soldiers of Armed Forces and members of Armed Security Corps and Armed Corps who are accommodated collectively shall be included on the list of qualified electors in the municipality, where their unit is located. The registration shall be made on the basis of documents submitted by their unit in a time limit determined by the mayor of the municipality. Registration on the list of qualified electors shall be valid only for the time of election. The municipality, where the unit is located, shall immediately inform the respective municipality, according to the permanent residence of the respective soldier or member, about his/her registration on the list of qualified electors. The municipality shall avoid establishment of election precincts, where the list of qualified electors includes only soldiers of Armed Forces and members of Armed Security Corps and Armed Corps.


(4) Qualified electors under Paragraphs 2 and 3 shall not be registered on the list of qualified electors in the respective election precinct according to their permanent residence.


(5) The municipality shall submit two counterparts of the list of qualified electors under Paragraphs 1 and 2 to the Precinct Election Committees no later than two hours before commencement of the poll.


(6) The Precinct Election Committee shall register, on the list of qualified electors, a citizen of the Slovak Republic who does not have permanent residence on the territory of the Slovak Republic and comes to a polling station on the day of election; the committee shall make a note about his/her registration on the list of qualified electors in his/her Slovak travel document4).


(7) The Precinct Election Committee shall register an individual on the list of qualified electors  a) based on a judicial decision,5) b) based on an poll card, c) if he/she proves by his/her identity card to have permanent residence at the place, which falls under the election precinct.