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Article 126
 

Reports and information for Statistics Iceland.


Registers Iceland shall provide Statistics Iceland with access to electoral registers, including electronic electoral registers, for statistical reporting. Information regarding polling, assistance at polling stations and turnout by gender, age, nationality, residence and other parameters that may shed light on turnout and the conduct of elections may be processed. 


If a municipal council has obtained an exemption in order to use a printed electoral register, the senior electoral commission of the municipality shall send Statistics Iceland a report on the poll, written on forms provided by Statistics Iceland, and shall process specifically the data required by Statistics Iceland. 


When processing information under paragraphs 1 and 2, senior electoral commissions and Statistics Iceland shall comply with the provisions of the Act on Data Protection and the Processing of Personal Data.