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Article 21
 

The Ministry shall enable municipal election commission in charge of the Voter Register for municipality, a parliamentary party, a submitter of a verified electoral list or a non-governmental organization that is issued by a competent authority an authorization to monitor elections, at their request, within 48 hours following the day of receiving the request, to have electronic insight into the Voter Register as well as the changes made to it.


The insight into the changes referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall also imply insight into the changes made to master registers and documents based on which the changes have been made.  Insight into the modifications referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article implies an insight into the solutions on the basis of which the modifications in the original registers occurred decisions on the basis of which they were made.


The Ministry shall facilitate the entities referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, at their request, to have computer connection through advanced electronic certificate for use of the program solution referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article to the Electoral Register and the data referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article, in the period from the day of calling for elections to the day of declaring the final results of elections.


The information system for maintaining the Voter Register shall be protected in in such a way that the data from the Voter Register cannot be copied or printed, but it can be inspected.


The parliamentary party, the submitter of the verified electoral list and the non-governmental organisation granted the authority to monitor the elections by the competent body shall be obliged to designate persons who are authorised and responsible for access to the information system in which the voter register is kept, and to inform the Ministry thereof.


The Ministry shall also facilitate a parliamentary party, at its request, to exercise the rights referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this Article, in the period that is not included in the election campaign.