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Article 185
 

Temporary procedure for voters participating in elections, who have been deregistered according to their place of residence, or whose registration has been declared invalid by decision of the Agency, or who are registered without indication of address


1. A voter holding a legally effective identity card of a citizen of Georgia or a passport of a citizen of Georgia, and who has been deregistered according to his/her place of residence, or whose registration has been declared invalid by decision of the Agency, shall be entered into the unified list of voters according to his/her last place of registration (address) or actual (temporary) place of residence (address). If there is no actual (temporary) place of residence (address) recorded in the Agency’s electronic database, a respective voter shall visit the Agency not later than the 21st day from fixing the elections until the Election Day and specify his/her actual (temporary) place of residence (address), and take a photo in digital format. In such a case, the voter shall be exempted from payment of the service fee related to taking a photo under Ordinance No 508 of 29 December 2011 of the Government of Georgia on Approval of the Time Limits for Services Rendered by the Legal Entity under Public Law Operating within the Ministry of Justice of Georgia – the Public Service Development Agency, and by Consular Officials within Their Delegated Powers, the Amounts of Fees Set for the Services Rendered, and the Procedure for Payment of the Fee.


2. A person registered without indication of address and holding a legally effective identity card of a citizen of Georgia, or a passport of a citizen of Georgia shall be entered into the unified list of voters according to his/her actual (temporary) place of residence (address) recorded in the Agency’s electronic database, and if there is no such address recorded in the database, the person registered without indication of address shall, in order to vote in the elections, visit the Agency not later than the 21st day from fixing the elections until the Election Day and specify his/her actual (temporary) place of residence (address), and take a photo in digital format. In such a case, the voter shall be exempted from payment of the service fee related to taking a photo under Ordinance No 508 of 29 December 2011 of the Government of Georgia on Approval of the Time Limits for Services Rendered by the Legal Entity under Public Law Operating within the Ministry of Justice of Georgia – the Public Service Development Agency, and by Consular Officials within Their Delegated Powers, the Amounts of Fees Set for the Services Rendered, and the Procedure for Payment of the Fee.


3. The procedure established under this article shall be valid until 1 June 2023.


Organic Law of Georgia No 3155 of 20 July 2018 – website, 27.7.2018