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Article 28
 

Electoral registers in elections to the Althingi, presidential elections and referendums.



  • The following persons shall be included on the electoral register of each municipality for elections to the Althingi, cf., however, paragraph 2:


a. persons meeting the conditions of paragraph 1 of Article 3 whose registered domicile address was within the municipality according to the national registry on the reference date, cf. paragraph 2 of Article 27,


b. persons meeting the conditions of paragraph 2 of Article 3 whose last registered domicile address in Iceland was within the municipality.



  • Persons that are to be admitted to the electoral register in Reykjavík according to point (b) of paragraph 1 shall be divided between the Reykjavík South and Reykjavík North constituencies in accordance with Article 8. The Reykjavík South constituency shall include those born in the first half of each month, i.e. between the 1st and the 15th, and the Reykjavík North constituency shall include those born in the second half of each month, i.e. between the 16th and the 31st. The same rule shall apply to those that under point (a) of paragraph 1 have their registered domicile address with the Foreign Service in Reykjavík or an unspecified domicile address in Reykjavík.

  • Electoral registers to be used in presidential elections and referendums shall be governed by the same provisions as elections to the Althingi.