Special lists of voters
1. The following persons shall be entered in the special lists of voters:
a) the Electoral Administration officers who are unable to vote in elections on the polling day according to their place of registration because of their activities in election commissions: the respective DEC shall enter Electoral Administration officers in the list of pre-defined electoral precincts not later than the 5th day before the polling day;
b) the voters who undergo treatment in a hospital or in any other inpatient facility and who cannot be discharged from hospital on polling day because of their health problems: the head of the relevant medical institution shall draw up a list of those individuals and shall submit it to the respective DEC not later than the 6th day before the polling day;
c) the voters serving a sentence in prison on the polling day. The head of the relevant penitentiary institution shall draw up a list of these individuals and shall submit it to the respective DEC not later than the 6th day before polling;
c1) the voters administratively detained on the polling day. The head of the relevant institution shall draw up a list of such individuals and shall submit it to the respective DEC not later than the 6th day before polling;
d) the military personnel and persons with a special rank of the Ministry of Defence of Georgia, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia, the state sub-agency institution within the system of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia – Special Penitentiary Service, the State Security Service of Georgia, the Georgian Intelligence Service, and the Special State Protection Service whose service conditions or health conditions require their presence at an address different from their place of registration, which falls within another electoral district. Lists of such personnel shall be compiled by commanders of respective divisions/units or heads of respective institutions/divisions and shall be submitted to appropriate DECs:
d.a)in the case of general and extraordinary elections and by-elections – not later than the 25th day before the polling day;
d.b)not later than the 6th day before the polling day, taking into account the results of conscription;
d1) (Deleted – 2.7.2020, No 6723);
e) the voters that are staying abroad on the polling day and who are registered with a consular office of Georgia, voters who are registered abroad but are not registered with a consular office of Georgia, and voters who are not registered with a consular office of Georgia and are not registered abroad but will go through electoral registration not later than the 21st day before Election Day in a PEC set up abroad, at a diplomatic mission of Georgia abroad or in a consular office of Georgia. The list of these individuals (except for persons registered abroad) shall be drawn up by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia and shall be submitted to the CEC not later than the 20th day before the polling day. During the period of election of the Parliament of Georgia, from calling the election till not later than the 21st day before Election Day, a voter shall be exempted from payment of a consular fee charged for consular registration. The Agency shall draw up the list of persons registered abroad and shall submit it to the CEC not later than the 20th day before the polling day;
f) (Deleted – 22.6.2016, No 5441).
11. A list of service conditions of servicemen provided for by paragraph 1(d) of this article, which require their presence at an address different from their place of registration on election day; the procedure and conditions for compiling a list of such servicemen and submitting it to a relevant DEC; and creating appropriate conditions for their participation in elections, as well as a list of conditions for those particular service conditions and categories of relevant persons who cannot leave their workplace on polling day due to these conditions shall be determined by an ordinance of the Government of Georgia.
12. (Deleted – 26.7.2017, No 1274).
2. The head of the relevant institution shall be responsible for the accuracy of data entered in the special list of voters that shall be endorsed by his/her signature.
3. A DEC shall, based on the data of persons specified in paragraph 1 of this article, as well as on its own data, draw up the special lists and approve them by an ordinance not later than the 3rdday prior to the Polling Day, and shall immediately forward the versions designated for public information to a respective PEC with signatures of the chairperson and secretary of the PEC, and not later than 12 hours prior to polling – the versions designated for the CEC.
4. If voters are entered in a special list of voters, a respective note shall be made in the unified list of voters of an electoral precinct and shall be endorsed by signatures of the PEC chairperson and secretary.
5. Voters entered on the special list of voters based on paragraph 1(a, c, e) of this article shall participate in:
a) elections held under both majoritarian election system and proportional election system, if they change their location within the territory of the same local majoritarian electoral district (during elections of the municipal bodies);
b) elections of the Parliament of Georgia and a referendum, if they cast their votes in the territory of another electoral district.
51.A voter entered on the special list of voters based on paragraph 1(d) of this article shall participate in elections held under proportional election system under the procedure established by paragraphs (52), (53) and (6) of this article.
52.A voter entered on the special list of voters based on paragraph 1(d) of this article shall cast his/her vote, in order to participate in elections of the Parliament of Georgia, elections of the municipal bodies, and in a referendum according to the place of deployment of an appropriate military division/unit at an electoral district (districts) defined by a respective DEC.
53.A voter entered on the special list of voters based on paragraph 1(d) of this article shall participate in:
a) the parliamentary elections of Georgia and a referendum;
b) the parliamentary elections of Georgia and a referendum if he/she is abroad on the polling day.
54. Employees of the institutions defined in paragraph 1(d) of this article, except as provided for by the same paragraph, shall vote in elections of the Parliament of Georgia, elections of the municipal bodies, and in a referendum according to their place of registration.
6. During the elections of a municipality representative body Sakrebulo, or during the elections of a Mayor of a self-governing city (including Tbilisi) or a self-governing community, a serviceman provided for by paragraph (1)(d) of this article, that on the polling day is deployed:
a) at a given location, permanently, on election day, at least for 6 months before election day and at least for 6 months after election day, or for a longer term, shall participate in the Sakrebulo elections held under both majoritarian and proportional systems and in the Mayoral elections;
b) at a permanent location for a period shorter than provided for by subparagraph (a) of this paragraph, shall participate in the Sakrebulo elections held under the proportional system, however, the servicemen shall participate in the Mayoral elections and in the Sakrebulo elections held under the majoritarian system only if their location is within the borders of the electoral district/local majoritarian electoral district, respectively, in which they are registered according to their place of residence.
7. (Deleted – 22.6.2016, No 5441).
71. The special lists of voters shall contain the same data of the voters as are included in the unified list of voters. This shall not apply to voters specified in paragraph (1)(a-c) of this article, whose data are entered into the special list of voters without photos, and also to the voters specified in paragraph 1(d.b) of this article, whose data may be entered in the special list of voters without photos. The data on dates of starting and finishing work at the place of respective deployment of voters defined by paragraph 1(d) of this article shall be entered into the special list of voters as well.
8. If a voter is entered into a mobile ballot box list, the special list of voters shall specify ‘mobile box’, the reason for entering the voter into the list and shall be endorsed by signatures of the PEC chairperson and secretary.
Organic Law of Georgia No 2093 of 7 March 2014 – website, 14.3.2014
Organic Law of Georgia No 2289 of 17 April 2014 – website, 17.4.2014
Organic Law of Georgia No 3562 of 1 May 2015 – website, 18.5.2015
Organic Law of Georgia No 3973 of 8 July 2015 – website, 15.7.2015
Organic Law of Georgia No 5441 of 22 June 2016 – website, 12.7.2016
Organic Law of Georgia No 1232 of 26 July 2017 – website, 29.7.2017
Organic Law of Georgia No 1274 of 26 July 2017 – website, 29.7.2017
Organic Law of Georgia No 3127 of 5 July 2018 – website, 11.7.2018
Organic Law of Georgia No 3155 of 20 July 2018 – website, 27.7.2018
Organic Law of Georgia No 3266 of 21 July 2018 – website, 13.8.2018
Organic Law of Georgia No 6723 of 2 July 2020 – website, 3.7.2020
