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Article 40
 

(1) The issue of electoral cards shall be noted in the electoral list in the column "remark" in the line of the respective voter by adding the word "electoral card" in an eye-catching way (e.g. using a coloured pencil).

(2) In case the electoral card is issued to a person having the right to vote according to § 38 al. 2, being outside of the place where he is registered in the electoral list, the issuing community shall notify the community, where the person having the right to vote currently stays, of the issue of the electoral card with the information that this person shall be visited by a special electoral authority.

(3) The number of the electoral cards issued shall be announced to the provincial electoral authority through the channels of the district electoral authority after the end of the period provided in § 39 al. 1 (immediate notification). The provincial electoral authority shall report to the federal electoral authority without delay the number of electoral cards issued in their jurisdiction, however on the day preceding the day of election at the latest.

(4) §§ 56, 72 and 73 provide whether and how special electoral authorities are to be determined for voters with electoral cards. §§ 60, 68, 70 and 82 contain the provisions specific on the exercise of the right to vote by voters with electoral cards.