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Article 34
 

(1st Article of Law 2234, amended on 17 May 1979.) Voter Registers has the basic principles in identifying the voter.


The Voter Registers have to contain the necessary voter information like the name, family name, father’s and mother’s name, date and place of birth, the address of residence.


(3rd Article of Law 4125, emended on 27 October 1995.) Every individual is subject to this law regarding his/her day and month of birth which is recorded in the voter registers. However, in case the election is going to be conducted that year, the voters should have completed the age of eighteen including the day of election.


In case the information of voter is deficient, he/she is not listed in the ballot box voter list until the deficiency is completed.


The completion of deficiencies are determined by the Supreme Board of elections.


The ballot box voter lists, containing the information of the voters who reside in the Polling Station area, are excluded from the voter’s registers.


The voter whose name is not listed in the ballot box voter list cannot vote.


Each voter is recorded in the voter registers once and cannot vote more than once.


The recording procedure is implemented by authorized people who visit the voters one by one in their residences.


The authorized person records the voter who is present in the residence. The address of the voter stated by the voter is registered accordingly. The registry form with its serial number is signed by the voter.