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Article 83
 

Repeat Elections

(1) The electoral process shall only be repeated to the extent deemed necessary resulting from the decision reached in electoral scrutiny proceedings.

(2) If the election is repeated in isolated polling districts only, the boundaries of these dis-tricts must not be altered. In other cases also, the election should, wherever possible, be repeated in the same polling districts used for the general election. New Electoral Boards may be appointed and new polling stations designated.

(3) If the repeat election takes place as a result of irregularities in the compilation and treatment of voters' registers, the process of compiling, putting on public display, revising and closing the voters' register shall be conducted again in the polling districts unless restrictions obtain pursuant to the decision deriving from electoral scrutiny.

(4) Voters who have become disqualified from voting since the general election shall be deleted from the voters' register. If the election is repeated in isolated polling districts only within than six months of the general election, persons eligible to vote to whom a polling card was issued for the general election may only participate in the election if they surrender their polling cards in the polling districts in which the election is being repeated.

(5) Polling cards may only be issued by communes in the area in which the repeat election is taking place. If the election is repeated in isolated polling districts only within six months of the general election, persons who voted by polling card in those districts at the general election shall, upon application, have their polling cards returned with a validity endorsement for the repeat election if they have subsequently moved away from the area of the repeat election.

(6) Nominations may only be amended if such as is required by the decision deriving from electoral scrutiny or if a candidate has died or is no longer eligible for political office.

(7) Within the scope of the decision deriving from electoral scrutiny, the Land Returning Officer may, in individual cases, make adjustments to the procedure for repeat elections in line with special circumstances.