Responsibilities for Registration in the Voters' Register
(1) Responsibility for registration in the voters' register shall lie,
1. in the case specified in Article 16 (1), no. 1, with the commune responsible for the domicile or, if there is more than one domicile, with the commune responsible for the main residence,
2. in the case specified in Article 16 (1), no. 2, with the commune responsible for the seat of the ship owner,
3. in the case specified in Article 16 (1), no. 3, with the commune responsible for the home port of the inland vessel,
4. in the case specified in Article 16 (1), no. 4, with the commune responsible for the penal institution or similar establishment.
(2) Responsibility for registration in the voters' register shall lie,
1. (Deleted)
2. in the case specified in Article 16 (2), no. 1, subparagraph (b), with the commune in which the person eligible to vote spent the night on the qualifying date and to whose competent authority the stay was reported,
3. in the case specified in Article 16 (2), no. 1, subparagraph (c) with the commune responsible for the penal institution or similar establishment,
4. in the case specified in Article 16 (2), no. 2, subparagraph (a), with a neighboring commune in the Federal Republic of Germany if the public employee has established his or her domicile or habitual residence in the immediate vicinity of the border of the Federal Republic of Germany and does not belong to a diplomatic or consular mission of the Federal Republic of Germany. If the public employee is not to be registered in the voters' register of a neighboring commune or belongs to a diplomatic or consular mission of the Federal Republic of Germany, the competent commune is the one in which the highest authority responsible for the employee has its seat. The provisions shall apply as appropriate to members of the employee's household,
5. in the case specified in Article 16 (2), no. 2, subparagraph (b), with the commune in the Federal Republic of Germany in which the person eligible to vote, according to his or her statement, was last registered before leaving the electoral area. Sentence 1 shall also apply to seamen who have been sailing under a foreign flag since leaving the electoral area as well as to boatmen on inland waterways whose vessels are not enrolled in a marine register in the Federal Republic of Germany and to the members of their households. For seamen who, since leaving a vessel which is eligible to fly the German flag, have sailed on a seagoing vessel under a foreign flag, the commune in which the seat of the owner of their former ship is located shall be responsible. For boatmen on inland waterways who, since last sailing on an inland vessel enrolled in a marine register in the Federal Republic of Germany, have sailed on an inland vessel not enrolled in a marine register in the Federal Republic of Germany or on a seagoing vessel under a foreign flag, the commune specified in Paragraph 1 (3) above shall be responsible.
(3) Responsibility for registration in the voters' register shall lie
1. in the case specified in Article 16 (3), with the commune of the new place of residence,
2. in the case specified in Article 16 (4), with the commune in which the person eligible to vote has registered in respect of a domicile or, if there is more than one domicile, in respect of a main residence,
3. in the case specified in Article 16 (5), the commune of the new main residence.
