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Article 50-a
 

(1) The State Election Commission, immediately and no later than two days after announcement of elections, shall submit to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs notification on publishing a public call for announcement of elections.
(2) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, immediately and no later than three days upon receiving the notification from paragraph (1) of this article shall be obliged to submit it to the DCO, i.e. consular offices for its publication in the corresponding country.
(3) The notification from paragraph (1) of this article shall be published in Macedonian language and Cyrillic alphabet, in languages and alphabets of the communities listed in the preamble of the Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia and in the official language of the corresponding country in at least one of the three most widely circulated national newspapers, and in at least one quarter of the newspaper page.
(4) The notification from paragraph (1) of this article contains the data on the type of elections to be held, call for public inspection of the Voters List as well as for voting application, the start and the end date of the period for submitting the voting application, the necessary documents, as well as clarification on who may vote and where the voting will take place.
(5) The public call within the deadline determined in paragraph (1) of this article shall also be published on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, State Election Commission and DCO, i.e. consular offices.
(6) The request for entering, adding or deleting the data in the separate extracts from the Voters Lists, during the public inspection, the citizens of the Republic of Macedonia who are temporarily employed or residing abroad may submit it by email through DCO, i.e. consular offices to the State Election Commission or to the State Election Commission.
(7) In the separate extracts from the Voters Lists shall be registered the citizens of the Republic of Macedonia who are temporarily employed or residing abroad, who have their latest residence registered in the Republic of Macedonia and who have submitted voting application for the coming elections to the DCO, i.e. consular offices of the Republic of Macedonia in the corresponding country.
(8) From the day of announcement of the elections until the completion of the public inspection, the citizens of the Republic of Macedonia from paragraph (7) of this article may submit a hand-signed or emailed voting application by which they register for the voting on the coming elections.
(9) For the elections for President and members of Parliament may vote the citizens of the Republic of Macedonia who are temporarily employed or residing abroad, who have submitted voting application and are registered in the separate extracts of the Voters List.
(10) The request from paragraph (6) and the voting application from paragraph (8) of this article, the DCO, i.e. consular offices shall immediately and no later than two days after the completion of the public inspection, submit through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, while the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall immediately and no later than 24 hours from the day of their receipt shall submit them to the State Election Commission.