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Article 18
 

18. (1) When an election is called, the local council shall prepare an electoral register of the voters of the municipality, cf. sections 15 and 16. The electoral register shall be prepared for each local polling district.

(2) The electoral register shall list voters who have moved to the municipality not later than on the 15th day prior to election day and who not later than on this day have notified the local national registration office of the change of address, cf. also subsection 6(1). Voters who have moved to the municipality from the Faroe Islands or Greenland shall be entered in the electoral register only provided that they have moved to the municipality not later than on the 18th day prior to election day and who not later than on this day have notified the local national registration office of the change of address.

(3) Voters who not later than on the 15th day prior to election day have relocated within the municipality, and who not later than on this day have notified the local national registration office of the change of address shall be listed in the electoral register under the new address.

(4) Voters who later than on the 15th day prior to election day have moved to another

municipality or within the municipality, or who later than this day have notified their change of address shall remain listed in the electoral register under their previous address.

(5) Voters who later than on the 18th day prior to election day have moved to the Faroe

Islands or to Greenland, or who later than this day have notified their change of address shall remain listed in the electoral register under their previous address.

(6) Voters not comprised by subsection (2) who have moved to the municipality from another country shall be listed on the electoral register if they have moved to the municipality not later than on the 7th day prior to election day and have notified the local national registration office not later than on this day. Voters who are comprised by section 2 shall be listed in the electoral register if a decision to this effect has been made not later than on the 7th day prior to election day.

(7) If the 15th day prior to election day is a Saturday or a Sunday or any other national

holiday, the time limit specified in subsections (2)(i), (3) and (4) for listing in the electoral

register shall be brought forward to the preceding weekday not being a Saturday in respect of voters who have moved to the municipality from another municipality or have moved within the municipality.