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Article 39
 

(1) The issue of the electoral card shall be applied for in written form or orally in the community by which the person having the right to vote was registered in the electoral list, beginning with the day of announcement of the election till the third day before the day of election at the latest; abroad the issue and handing over of the electoral card can also be applied for through an Austrian official representation. In case of an oral application the identity shall be proven by a document, in case of a written application the identity may also be shown by other means. In case of § 38 al. 2 the application shall include the express request for a visit by a special electoral authority according to § 73 al. 1 and the exact description of the location where the applicant expects the visit by a special electoral authority, and in case of persons being in official custody an official confirmation of the detention.

(2) The electoral card shall be issued as an envelope ready to be sealed and shall bear the printing provided in Schedule 3. In case electoral cards are issued by means of electronic data processing, it is sufficient, instead of the mayor’s signature, to put his name on it; no confirmation by the secretariat is required.

(3) If the application for issue of an electoral card is accepted, an official ballot and a voting envelope ready to be sealed with the number of the provincial constituency imprinted shall be issued together with the electoral card. These latter forms shall be put into the envelope mentioned in al. 2. The envelope shall be issued to the applicant. The applicant is obliged to keep the envelope well cared of till casting the ballot.

(4) The community must not issue duplicates for electoral cards lost or damaged, or further official ballots.