Making voter lists and extract of electoral components available to electoral subjects and the public

(amended by Law No. 74/2012, dated 19 July 2012)

1. Voter lists and extracts of electoral components shall be made available to electoral subjects or, as appropriate, to political parties, upon their request and free of charge, by the mayor of the respective local government unit and/or by the General Directorate of Civil Status.

2. Upon request and free of charge, electoral subjects registered with the CEC or political parties may receive from the General Directorate of Civil Status an electronic copy of the voter lists or the extract of electoral components at the national level, as well as any updated and published copy, in accordance with Article 51 of this Code. The electronic copy shall be conceived as such to allow for searching and crosschecking data.

3. Voter lists shall be made available to the abovementioned electoral subjects no later than 3 days after they submit their request.

4. In the event electoral subjects request more than one copy of the voter lists, they shall be provided against a fee. In this case, the fee for the voter lists must only cover the administrative costs for their reproduction.

5. Voter lists, in accordance with letter “ç” of point 2 of Article 48, shall be announced electronically on the official website of the Central Election Commission and of the ministry responsible for the local government. The electronic format must allow for multiple searches of voter list components by any interested person through the internet.