Compilation of Voters’ Lists

46.1. The permanent Voters’ List for a precinct shall be approved by the Precinct Election Commission each year by 30th of May, in accordance with the format defined by the Central Election Commission and be updated at least 25 days prior to Election Day. After this period and until Voting Day (including Voting Day), voters may be included in the Voters’ List only by the Precinct Election Commission in accordance with the rule determined by the Central Election Commission. In accordance with Article 101 of this Code, the voting cards of voters who vote with voting cards, shall be attached to the Voters’ List. No additions and amendments to Voters' Lists shall be made on Voting Day. Voters’ Lists shall not be published in the press. The Voters’ List shall be posted on the relevant website of the Central Election Commission (Constituency Election Commission), in conformity with the rules established by the Central Election Commission.

46.2. The document verifiying the inclusion of a voter in the Voters’ List is the Voter’s Card. The following shall be indicated on the Voter’s Card: the voter’s forename, surname, patronymic, date of birth, place of residence, name of the election constituency he/she is registered in, and the telephone number and address of the election precinct. A sample of the Voter’s Card shall be approved by the Central Election Commission and distributed (delivered) to voters by Precinct Election Commissions in the manner determined by the Central Election Commisson. An election commission shall provide a citizen with information on his/her inclusion or exclusion in the Voters’ List, upon the citizen’s request.

46.3. Temporary lists shall be drafted separately, at the level of the relevant election commission, for voters registered in election precincts formed in accordance with Articles 35.4 and 35.6 of this Code, and for voters indicated in Article 45.4 of this Code.

46.4. Permanent voters’ lists shall include information provided by heads of the relevant executive authorities and municipalities or commanders of military units, on voters possessing active suffrage rights. Temporary Voters’ Lists shall include information provided by heads of consulates or diplomatic representatives, as well as by heads of the facilities where voters are temporarily located, on voters possessing active suffrage rights.

46.5 Voters’ lists of the precincts established in distant or impassible places shall be specified by the Precinct Election Commissions on the basis of information on voters provided by heads of the relevant executive authorities and municipality at least 25 days prior to Election Day or, in exceptional circumstances, 2 days after the Precinct Election Commission is formed.

46.6. For the precincts established within the territory of military units, investigative facilities and penitentiary establishments, the list of voters (military servants of military unit, family members of military servants residing within the territory of the military unit, accused persons detained in investigative facilities, inmates in penitentiary establishments and other voters) shall be updated by the Precinct Election Commissions at least 20 days prior to the Election Day, on the basis of information provided by the commanders of military units, investigative facilities and penitentiary establishments .

46.7. Voters’ Lists for the precincts where voters are temporarily located (hospitals, sanatoriums, rest homes) and for ships sailing on election day, shall be approved at least 5 days prior to Election Day by the relevant Precinct Election Commission on the basis of information provided by heads of the facilities where the voters are temporarily located or by the captain of the ship, and checked by the Precinct Election Commission.

46.8. Voters’ Lists for electoral precincts created outside of the Republic of Azerbaijan shall be approved at least 25 days prior to Election Day by the relevant Precinct Election Commission, on the basis of information provided by heads of the diplomatic representations and consular offices of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

46.9. If no election precinct is created in a military unit, the commander of the military unit, administration of investigative detainees and administration of relevant penitentiary establishment shall collect and specify information on voters in accordance with the rules defined by the Central Election Commission, if no other rule is provided by this Code, and then submit this information to the relevant Precinct Election Commission at least 35 days prior to the Election Day.

46.10. 2 copies of Voter’s Lists shall be prepared. Information on voters is to be placed in the Voters’ Lists in alphabetical order or another order according to settlements, streets, houses, or apartments. The Voters’ Lists shall contain the voter’s forename, surname, patronymic, year of birth (the day and month of birth for those who are 18 years old), permanent address (number of the street, building, apartment, or house, or address of the hospital, sanatorium, rest home or other place of temporary residence), and the number of the election precinct.

46.11. The State Computerized Information System may be used for the compilation of voters’ list. The voters’ lists shall be prepared in a typewritten format. Only in exceptional circumstances defined by the Central Election Commission may the Voters’ Lists be written by hand.

46.12. The first copy of the preliminary Voters’ List prepared for the precinct shall remain with the Precinct Election Commission and the relevant act is made. The second copy shall be submitted to the Constituency Election Commission no later than the 5th day of February of each year, but at least 25 days prior to Election Day. Each year, the preliminary Voters’ Lists for the constituency shall be drafted in two copies no later than the 5th day of March, signed by the chairperson and secretaries of the Constituency Election Commission, certified by the stamp of the election commission, and submitted to the Central Election Commission by the 5th day of April. If the Central Election Commission finds discrepancies in the Voters’ Lists, they shall be corrected and \ approved by the Precinct and Constituency Election Commissions by the 25th of May. The Voter’s List for the Republic of Azerbaijan shall be drafted by the Central Election Commission using the State Computerized Information System.

46.13. Voter’s Lists for the election precincts created in conformity with Articles 35.5 and 35.6 of this Code shall be signed by the chairperson and secretaries of the Precinct Election Commission and certified by the stamp of the commission.

46.14. After updating the Voters’ Lists, Precinct Election Commissions shall examine and consider changes made or to be made to the Voter Lists at the request of voters, as well as changes to be made in light of Article 45 of this Code. They shall also examine the changes made or to be made based on documents submitted by officials, municipalities, state civilian registration offices and bodies which register citizens’ addresses and places of residence.

46.15. The head of the executive body providing information on voters shall bear responsibility, as defined by legislation, for the accuracy, completeness, and timely submission of the relevant information.