Compilation of electoral register publicised.

Registers Iceland shall publicise in the Government Gazette and in the media that electoral registers have been compiled, cf. Article 27, as soon as their compilation is complete and no later than [36]¹⁾ days before polling day. [Where a parliamentary election takes places after a notice of dissolution of parliament is served, the official notice shall be published no later than 30 days prior to polling day.] ²⁾

Following publication of the official notice under paragraph 1, Registers Iceland sends the electoral registers electronically to the municipal councils, free of charge. Registers Iceland may issue directions for the delivery of electoral registers to municipalities and their electronic access to electoral registers. Electoral registers shall be laid open for inspection by the public at the offices of municipal councils or another suitable location no later than 21 days before polling day. 

After receiving the National Electoral Commission’s proposals, the Minister shall issue a regulation ³⁾further detailing the information to be published from the electoral register on the Commission’s website, whether publication shall also be permitted on any other website than specified in paragraph 1, and the laying open of the electoral register for inspection.   

¹⁾Act No. 18/2022, Article 4²⁾Act No. 62/2023, Article 9³⁾Regulation No. 387/2022.