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Article 50
 

Registration and inspection of Voter Lists for out-of-country voting


(1) The State Election Commission shall submit a notification to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on publishing a public call for announcing the elections, immediately or not later than two days after the announcement of the elections. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall publish the public call on its website within one day.
(2) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is required to submit the notification to the DCOs or the consular offices immediately, or not later than three days upon the receipt of the notification from paragraph (1) of this article, for the purpose of its publication on their website within a period not longer than three days.
(3) The notification from paragraph (1) of this article shall be published on the website of the DCO or the consular offices in Macedonian language and its Cyrillic alphabet, in the languages and alphabets of the communities listed in the Preamble of the Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia and in the official language of the corresponding country.
(4) The notification from paragraph (1) of this article shall contain data on the type of elections announced, a call for a public inspection of the Voter Register and submitting a voting application, the date of the commencement and termination of the voting application period, the necessary documents, as well as clarification on who is entitled to vote and where the voting will take place.
(5) The public call shall also be published on the State Election Commission website within the deadline stipulated in paragraph 1 of this article.
(6) During the public inspection, the citizens of the Republic of Macedonia who are temporarily employed or residing abroad shall submit the request for entry, addition or deletion of data in the separate Voter Lists to the State Election Commission via email.
(7) The citizens of the Republic of Macedonia who are temporarily employed or residing abroad, who registered their last residence in the Republic of Macedonia and who have submitted a voting application to the State Election Commission for the coming elections shall be registered in the separate Voter Lists.
(8) As of the day of the announcement of the elections until the end of the public inspection, the citizens of the Republic of Macedonia from paragraph (7) of this article may submit a hand-signed or emailed voting application by which they register for voting in the forthcoming elections.
(9) The citizens of Republic of Macedonia who are temporarily employed or residing abroad, who have submitted a voting application and are registered in the separate Voter Lists shall be entitled to vote in the presidential and parliamentary elections.
(10) The DCOs or the consular offices shall email the applications from paragraph (8) of this article to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately, or not later than two days after the expiry of the public inspection period, whereas the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall submit them to the State Election Commission immediately, or not later than 24 hours of their receipt.