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Article 5
 

Voter Eligibility


5.1 A person is eligible to vote in an election in accordance with the present Law if he or she is at least eighteen (18) years of age on the day of the election and satisfies at least one of the following criteria:


a) he or she is registered as a citizen of Kosovo in the Central Civil Registry;


b) he or she is residing outside Kosovo and left Kosovo on or after 1 January 1998, provided that he or she meets the criteria in applicable legislation for being a citizen of Kosovo; or


c) he or she obtained the status of a refugee, as defined in the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees of 28 July 1951 and its Protocol of 16 December 1966, on or after 1 January 1995, and is eligible to be registered in the Central Civil Registry as a habitual resident of Kosovo.


5.2 No person may vote if he or she:


a) is serving a sentence imposed by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (“the Tribunal”);


b) is under indictment by the Tribunal and has failed to comply with an order to appear before the Tribunal; or


c) has been declared mentally incompetent by a final court decision.