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Article 21
 

Public Display of the Voters' Register

(1) The local authority of the commune shall display the voters' register at least at the administrative center of the commune and on one day until at least 6 p.m. If an automated process is used to maintain the voters' register, it can also be displayed in such a way as to permit perusal through a data terminal. Care must be taken to ensure that notes (Article 23 (3)) can be read in comprehensible form. The data terminal may only be operated by an employee of the local authority.

(2) If the person eligible to vote so requests, his or her date of birth is to be obscured in the voters' register during the public display period.

(3) Within the public display period, persons eligible to vote shall be allowed to draw ex-cerpts from the voters' register if they do so in the context of verifying the voting rights of specified individuals. The excerpts may be used for this purpose only and must not be made accessible to unconcerned third parties.