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Article 41
 

(1st Article of Law 2234, amended on 17 May 1979.) The double register information in the voter registers, which have the same data concerning the voter’s name, surname, mother’s and father’s name, date and place of birth identifies one specific voter.


In such a case the Supreme Board of Elections Voter Registers General Directorate keeps the information with the higher item number and transfers the other information to the Double Registration list.


The information in the Double Registration List is kept for two years.


In case the following situations occur concerning the voter information on the display list;


a) The name and surname are the same, but one or two of the records concerning the father’s and mother’s name, the date of birth, and the place of birth differs,


b) One or two letters of the name and surname are different, along with a difference of other data defined in paragraph (a),


c) The name and surname are the same, whereas one of the two records has an additional name, the information defined in paragraph (a) are the same or one of them differs,


d) The address is different, the information defined in paragraph (a) are the same or one of them differs,


e) Or there are other situations defined by the Supreme Board of Elections,


Upon objection or ex officio the chairman of the District Electoral Board decides whether the data defines one or more voters. The decision is forwarded to the Supreme Board of Elections Voter Registers General Directorate in order to process.