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Article 1
 

Keeping of the European electoral records

(1) Every municipality shall keep permanent records of the persons entitled to vote, which serve as a basis for the electoral records to be established before elections to the European Parliament (European electoral records). The keeping of European electoral records shall be the responsibility of municipalities within the scope of the competences delegated to them. The European electoral records shall be kept as card files or by means of electronic data processing. When kept as card files, these shall be kept separate from the electoral records.

(2) The European electoral records shall contain all data required in respect of every person entitled to vote, i.e. surname, first name, date of birth, nationality and principal domicile. In respect of Austrian citizens having their principal domicile abroad, the records shall also contain the address resulting from their vital circumstances with relevance for their registration (§ 4, paras 1 and 2).

(3) If required, the European electoral records of every municipality shall be kept for the individual regional constituencies, communities, streets and house numbers, but also for the individual wards, if a municipality is divided into wards. The names of the persons entitled to vote shall be recorded in alphabetical order, in municipalities divided into wards also according to their principal domicile (dwellings, wards).