Various issues have been observed in past elections with respect to the use of information on the ethnicity of voters. Such information in voter registers was often found to be incomplete or incorrect. During the 2003 parliamentary elections, separate voter list extracts were prepared containing the names of voters belonging to the groups of recognised national minorities who are entitled to elect special minority representatives. (In the event, some voters expressed concern about being listed in separate extracts, and in any event many of them chose to vote instead in the regular elections). Meanwhile, any voter could request a ballot for the special elections instead of a regular one.
