(1st Article of Law 2234, amended on 17 May 1979.)

(Amended first paragraph: 4th Article of Law 5749, amended on 13 March 2008, amended on 13/3/2018 in accordance with the article 23 of Law 7102)

Voter Registers are reorganized each year in accordance with the procedures and principles determined by the Supreme Board of elections on the basis of the residential address information in the address registry system, and updated each election period through continuous gathering of data.

The rules, methods and techniques of organizing, continuously updating and general supervision, along with the principles, rules and methods of data processing of Voter Register General Directorate are all determined according to the regulation prepared by the Supreme Board of Elections.

The voter register is established and updated according to the data gathered during the recording and supervising procedures; modifications in the information like the name, family name, age, gender, deprivation or reinstatement of the qualifications for voting (restriction or prohibition from the public services); banishment or reinstatement of the citizenship; along with the documents those state the deceased citizens, change of the voter’s residence within or outside of the election district; and other documents gathered according to the rules and methods determined by the Supreme Board of Elections.