(1) When the local council has decided to hold a referendum in accordance with section 9b(1) of the Act on Local Government, the local council shall prepare a list of the voters in the municipality and distribute poll cards in accordance with the rules in Part 2 for local elections, subject to the changes resulting from the day of the week the referendum is to be held and from subsections (2) and (3) and the rules laid down by virtue of subsections (4) and (5).

(2) If a local referendum is held on the same day as a national or local and regional election or a national referendum, the design of the poll cards for the local referendum shall differ from that of the poll cards used for the other elections or referendums.

(3) The referendum shall take place in the same polling district as general elections.

(4) The Minister for the Interior and Health may lay down rules on the admission to the electoral register of persons holding a franchise under section 1(1)(ii) without being registered as a resident in the Civil Registration System (CPR) or under section 1(2) and on such persons’notice of change of address to another municipality or to another country.

(5) The Minister for the Interior and Health may lay down rules on the preparation of the electoral registers and their layout.