Registration of a Citizen of other Member State in the Electoral Roll

(1) A citizen of other Member State shall be included in the electoral roll by the municipality, in which the citizen of other Member State is permanently residing, based on their application; the application must be submitted no later than 40 days before the date of elections otherwise the right to be included in the electoral roll will expire.

(2) In the application, the citizen of other Member State shall provide

a) name and surname, née for women,

b) personal ID number, and if the personal ID number has not been assigned, the date of birth,

c) place of birth,

d) sex.

(3) The citizen of other Member State shall attach a statement to the application containing

a) their nationality and permanent residence address in the territory of the Slovak Republic,

b) the last residence address in the Member State of the European Union he/she is a citizen of,

c) the constituency of the Member State of the European Union he/she is a citizen of, in which he/she was registered in the electoral roll last time,

d) that he/she will exercise their right to vote only in the territory of the Slovak Republic,

e) that he/she has not been deprived of the right to vote in the Member State of the European Union he/she is a citizen of. 

The sample application for the registration in the electoral roll shall be provided to the municipality by the Ministry of Interior through the District Office, and the Ministry of Interior shall publish it at its website.

(5) The municipality shall inform the applicant on the registration or non-registration in the electoral roll without undue delay. Article 10 shall apply to the objection procedure.

(6) The list of citizens of other Member State included in the electoral roll in the municipality with the data pursuant to Paragraphs 2 and 3 shall be sent by the municipality to the Ministry of Interior within three days after the expiry of the period pursuant to Paragraph 1; the Ministry of Interior shall deliver it to the respective Member State of the European Union. If the respective Member State of the European Union informs the Ministry of Interior that some of the persons listed in the delivered electoral roll and being its citizen does not have the right to vote in elections to the European Parliament, the Ministry of Interior shall notify it immediately to the municipality, in which the person is permanently residing.

(7) The Ministry of Interior shall verify the statement of a citizen of the Slovak Republic, who has applied for registration in the electoral roll in the territory of other Member State of the European Union, that he/she had not been deprived of the right to vote in the territory of the Slovak Republic, and it shall send the result of verification to the competent authority of the Member State of the European Union, in which the citizen of the Slovak Republic has applied for registration in the electoral roll, within five days from the delivery of the application.

(8) The Ministry of Interior shall immediately inform the municipality, in which the citizen of the Slovak Republic is permanently residing, on the registration of the citizen in the electoral roll of other Member State of the European Union. Based on the notice from the Ministry of Interior, the municipality of permanent residence shall delete the citizen of the Slovak Republic, who is included in the electoral roll of other Member State of the European Union, from its electoral roll.

(9) The municipality shall delete from the electoral roll pursuant to Paragraph 1 a citizen of other Member State of the European Union based on their application, which must be delivered to the municipality in paper form and must contain data pursuant to Paragraph 2.