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Section 93
 

(1) Election offices may only approve requests regarding the register if the voter's information listed in the request matches the information in the central electoral register or, in the case of a request for inclusion into the register, if it matches the data contained in the register of citizens’ personal data and addresses.


(2) Shall not be considered as a reason for refusing a request if


a) an accentuated letter error,


b) a variance in the writing style,


c) a geographic name indicated in a foreign language, or


d) in an information


da) under Section 92 (1) a) or b) the omission of one of several first names, the omission or the writing of the title “dr.”, the writing of the prefixes junior, senior, widow or other prefixes or the writing of  their abbreviated forms,


db) under Section 92 (1) a) or b) the writing of that information in a foreign language    


implies that the content of the request does not match the information contained in the central electoral register or in the register of citizens’ personal data and address or in the central travel document database, but the identity of the voter can be established beyond any reasonable doubt.


            (3) Shall not be considered as a reason for refusing a request if a request does not contain the birth name of the applicant provided that it is the same as that which the applicant bears.


            (4) Whether the data of the applicant match the data of the central travel document database shall be determined by the National Election Office based on data taken from the central travel document database by direct access.