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Article 16
 

16. (1) Voters comprised by section 2 and who in connection with staying abroad are registered in the national civil registration system (CRS) as emigrated, shall be included, upon request, in the electoral register in the municipality where they were most recently listed in the national register. Voters comprised by section 2(1) or section 2(4), cf. subsection (1) who just before being sent out in foreign service were registered in the national register in a municipality in the Faroe Islands or in Greenland, including the national register for areas in Greenland unclassified as municipalities, shall be included, upon request, in the electoral register in the municipality in Denmark where they were most recently listed in the national register. The request must be submitted to the local council on a form which has been approved by the Minister for Social Welfare.

(2) Voters who have stayed abroad for more than four years can only be included in the

electoral register provided the Election Board considers the conditions of section 2 fulfilled in each individual case. If there is any doubt, whatsoever, as to whether a voter is comprised by section 2, the voter can be included in the electoral register provided only that the Election Board considers the conditions of section 2 fulfilled in each individual case.

(3) Decisions regarding the inclusion in electoral registers of voters comprised by section

2(1) or (2), or section 2(4), cf. subsections (1) or (2) are valid for two years from the day of decision. If, prior to the expiry of the term specified in the first sentence, the voter submits a request for renewed inclusion in the electoral register, the term is extended until a decision has been made. A decision regarding the inclusion in the electoral register of a voter comprised by section 2(3) is valid for two years calculated from the day of emigration. A decision regarding the inclusion in the electoral register of a voter comprised by section 2(4), cf. subsection (3) is valid for two years calculated from the day of emigration for the person comprised by section 2(3) to whom the voter is related as specified in section 2(4).

(4) The Minister for Social Welfare shall lay down detailed rules for inclusion in the electoral register of voters comprised by section 2.