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Article 40
 

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


(Amended first paragraph: 7th Article of Law 5749, amended on 13 March 2008) The Public Display list of the District shall be hung up for display at the Office of the Muhtar during the election period and shall stay on display for two weeks.


The Public Display list of the District is displayed on places which is easily accessible by the public in the relevant neighbourhood or village. The dates and places of display along with the lists those separate the election districts, are announced in the local papers and through usual publicizing instruments and methods.


Where and when the lists are displayed, along with the information as to how the announcement is made, is determined with a minute by a person assigned by the chairman of the District Electoral Board.


The end of display duration is also determined by a separate minute. These protocols are kept in a separate file by the chairman of the District Electoral Board.
The chairman of the District Electoral Board immediately notifies the relevant administrative governor as for when and where the lists are exhibited.
Administrative governors, the managers and officers of the municipal police are responsible for protecting the Public Display Lists of the Districts during their exhibition.


The chairman of the District Electoral Board takes the necessary measures in order to facilitate the search and inspection of voters names, with regard to the number of existing voters in that neighbourhood during the display. He/she appoints the chief aldermen or someone from the alderman council or someone else commissioned for this task to be continuously present during certain hours in the display place and announces the situation in the display location.