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Article J 7
 

• 1. There is a register of invalid voting passes. The day before the vote in his municipality, the mayor will draw up an extract from the register of invalid voting passes.


• 2. A voting pass is invalid:


o a. for which the mayor has issued a voter's pass or a proxy instead;


o b. for which a replacement voting pass has been issued pursuant to Article J 8;


o c. of the voter to whom a postal voting certificate has been issued in accordance with Chapter M;


o d. of someone who should not have been registered as a voter, or who has died before casting their vote;


o e. of whom it has been established that this voting card has been stolen or is otherwise in unlawful circulation.


• 3. By or pursuant to a general administrative order, it shall be determined which data the register, as well as the extract referred to in the first paragraph, contains.


• 4. The mayor shall retain the register for three months after a decision has been made on the admission of the elected representatives. He shall then immediately destroy it. A report shall be drawn up of the destruction.


• 5. Articles 16 and 18 of the General Data Protection Regulation do not apply to the processing of personal data by or pursuant to this article.