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Article 6a
 

Electoral Cards


(1) Any voter unable to vote in the electoral district in whose permanent list or special list he/she is registered (see Article 6, Section 5, Subsection a) may ask his/her local authority or embassy for an electoral card. The fact that an electoral card has been issued shall be recorded by the relevant local authority or embassy to its permanent or a special list and to its excerpt for the district electoral commission or special district electoral commission. Electoral cards for the elections to the Senate shall be issued only to voters registered in a permanent list of the electoral district in which the elections take place and/or to voters registered in a special list in compliance with Article 6, Section 5, Subsection a).


(2) Every voter may apply for an election card from the date the elections are announced, by delivering his/her duly signed written application to the administrator of a permanent or special list at least 7 days before the date of the elections or personally at any time before the closing of a permanent or special list. The local authority or embassy concerned shall hand such electoral card over to the applicant or his/her representative acting in accordance with a power of attorney featuring the applicant’s legalised signature personally or have it sent to him/her no earlier than 15 days before the date of the elections.


(3) The electoral card gives its holder the right to be registered in an excerpt from a special list in the course of the elections


a) to the Chamber of Deputies in any election district or special election district,


b) to the Senate in any election district forming a part of the election area in which the elections are being held and in whose territory he/she has his/her permanent address or in any election district forming a part of the election area in which the elections are being held if he/she lives outside the territory of the Czech Republic.