• In the event that a municipality has obtained an exemption in order to use a printed electoral register and a voter who is not on the electoral register turns up to vote, the electoral commission may permit the voter to cast a vote if either of the following two criteria is met

1. The voter produces a certificate signed by the chairperson of the municipal council or the executive director of a municipality, stating that the voter has waived the eligibility to vote where he or she is on the electoral register, provided that the electoral commission of the polling station where the voter intends to exercise the right to vote has received a notification identifying the voters to whom the municipality has issued such certificates.

2. The voter signs a request on a designated form to waive the eligibility to vote in the polling ward where his or her name is on the electoral register and the electoral commission for the polling station where the voter wishes to exercise the right to vote confirms this waiver by the signature of the chairperson or two members of the electoral commission.

• The electoral commission is not authorised to confirm a certificate or a request to waive the eligibility to vote unless it is demonstrated, in a manner deemed valid by the electoral commission, that the voter’s name is on the electoral register of another polling ward in the same constituency and that the voter has not voted there. A comment shall be entered in the electoral register where the voter’s name is recorded stating where the voter is exercising the right to vote and this shall be recorded in the log book. The waiver shall be entered in the election log book of the local electoral commission under whose jurisdiction the voter exercises the right to vote and the original of the certificate shall be sent to the senior electoral commission together with the log book of the polling ward where the certificate was submitted and used.