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Article 48
 

(1) A citizen may, throughout the year, request to inspect the excerpt of the Voters List in the regional offices of the State Election Commission, DCO, i.e. consular offices and through Internet.


(2) If during the inspection, the citizen determines that either he/she or another citizen has not been registered in the Voters List, or it is found that data should be entered, added or deleted, he/she shall have the right to submit a request to the regional office of the State Election Commission to enter, add or delete data. Adequate documentation shall be submitted along with the request.


(3) If the citizens of the Republic of Macedonia who are temporarily employed or residing abroad during the inspection in the DCO, i.e. consular offices establish that they or some other citizen are not enlisted in the Voters List or there is a need to enter, add or delete data, the request for entering, adding and deleting data shall be submitted, together with supporting documentation, by e-mail through the DCO, i.e. consular offices to the State Election Commission or directly to the State Election Commission.


(4) The State Election Commission shall check the accuracy of the data and the documents enclosed by the citizen, no later than three days from the day of receiving the request and if it is determined that the request is well founded, they shall enter, add or delete data in the Voters List or, if the request is not well founded, it shall reject the same with a decision based on the authentic documentation and in line with the “Rulebook on Methodology for Full Access, Interventions and Deletion of Data in the Voter List.


(5) Within three days following the day of receipt of the decision, the citizen may submit an appeal against the decision of the State Election Commission to initiate an administrative dispute before the Administrative Court in the Republic of Macedonia.


(6) The Administrative Court shall decide upon the appeal, referred to in paragraph (5) of this article, within 3 days following the day of receipt of the appeal.


(7) The final decision reached on the appeal by the Administrative Court, shall be considered as the basis to enter, change and delete data in the Voters List;


(8) The citizens of the Republic of Macedonia who are temporarily employed or residing abroad can submit a lawsuit against the decision of the State Election Commission by e-mail through the DCO, i.e. consular offices to the Administrative Court or directly to the Administrative Court.