Compiling voter lists

1. In order to implement the rights of voters, to familiarize voters with their data and hold the voting, a voter list is compiled for each polling station.

2. The voter lists include citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic who possess the active electoral right on the day of voting and who have passed biometric registration in accordance with the law.

During the preparation for elections, upon the decision of the Central Electoral Commission and the state agency responsible for the registration of population (hereinafter referred to as the authorized state agency), the citizens may pass biometric registration at airports and railway stations of the Kyrgyz Republic.

3. The voters list is compiled on the basis of personal data (including biometric data) contained in the Unified State Register of Population, taking into account the borders of the electoral precincts.

Formation, storage and updating of the Unified State Register of Population are carried out by the authorized state agency.

4. The preliminary list of voters is formed by automatic downloading from the Unified State Register of Population of the data for citizens who have reached the age of 18, submitted the biometric data and taking into account the borders of the electoral precincts.

The preliminary list of voters shall be posted on the state portal 80 calendar days prior to the voting day by polling stations, districts and cities without information about the place of permanent or actual residence, date of birth of the voter for familiarization and corresponding specification of the data, for finding errors and inaccuracies in the lists.

5. The information about voters in in-patient treatment and preventive care facilities, in the places of detention as suspects and accused persons, at enterprises with a uninterrupted work cycle (shift work), conscripts, military personnel and their family members as well as other persons residing in military units on the day of voting is collected by the heads of such institutions (enterprises and military units) and transmitted to the relevant precinct election commission no later than 12 calendar days prior to the voting day.

In order to register voters in in-patient treatment and preventive care facilities, in places of detention as suspects and accused persons as well as voters with disabilities, the authorized state agencies responsible for the above institutions, as well as the authorized agency in the area of social development, must provide information on the actual number of such voters as of February 1 and August 1 each year to the Central Election Commission.

6. The information on the voters who live and are outside the Kyrgyz Republic, who have the consular (temporary consular) registration and passed the biometric registration is compiled by the heads of the relevant diplomatic missions and consular offices and is handed over to the Central Election Commission through the State agency responsible for the foreign affairs no later than 85 calendar days prior to the day of voting.

The form, type and procedure for presenting information on voters who live or are outside the Kyrgyz Republic and have the consular (temporary consular) registration is determined by the Central Election Commission upon agreement with the state agency responsible for the foreign affairs.

A voter living or staying outside the Kyrgyz Republic on the day of voting, not later than 15 calendar days prior to the day of voting, shall have the right to declare his / her intention to vote at the electoral address of the place of residence or stay by submitting an application following the procedure envisaged in Article 15 of this constitutional Law.

A diplomatic mission or a consular office of the Kyrgyz Republic shall register a voter since the moment a voter submits an application on his / her intention to vote at the election address of his / her place of residence or stay as a person who has a temporary consular registration free of charge. Such registration shall be valid during the period specified in the voter's application.

After receiving an application, the diplomatic mission or a consular office of the Kyrgyz Republic shall immediately transfer it to the Central Election Commission.

7. The preliminary list posted on the state portal and compiled for each polling station is printed by the Central Election Commission and transmitted to the precinct election commissions 75 calendar days prior to the voting day.

(In the version of the constitutional Law No 116 dated August 8, 2019)