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Article 19
 

Lists of Citizens Who Have the Right to Take Part in Elections, Referendum or Voting for the Recall of a Deputy and the Procedure for their Compilation

 

Lists of citizens who have the right to take part in elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus, deputies of the Chamber of Representatives, deputies of local Councils of Deputies, referendum or voting for the recall of a deputy of the Chamber of Representatives or a deputy of local Council of Deputies shall be compiled for each polling station and signed by the chairman and the secretary of the precinct commission.

 

Town, settlement and rural executive committees, and in towns divided into districts – district administrations, district executive committees in towns and urbanised settlements where no town or settlement executive committees have been formed shall provide for the account of electors and participants in the referendum and shall hand over to the precinct commissions the lists of citizens of the Republic of Belarus living in the territory of the respective polling stations and having the right to take part in elections, referendum or voting for the recall of a deputy signed by the chairmen of the respective executive committees and in towns divided into districts – by the heads of the district administration.

 

Lists of citizens who are servicemen staying in military units as well as of members of families of servicemen and other electors and participants in the referendum living in the region of location of the military units shall be compiled on the basis of the data provided by the military unit commanders. Servicemen living outside military units shall be included into the lists of citizens who have the right to take part in elections, referendum or recall of a deputy at the place of residence on common grounds.

 

Lists of citizens who have the right to take part in elections, referendum or voting for the recall of a deputy for polling stations formed in sanatoria, preventoria, rest homes, hospitals and other stationary medical treatment and prevention institutions shall be compiled on the basis of the data provided by the heads of the above institutions.

 

Lists of citizens who have the right to take part in elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus, deputies of the Chamber of Representatives or a republican referendum for polling stations formed beyond the Republic of Belarus shall be compiled on the basis of the data provided by the heads of diplomatic representations (consular institutions) of the Republic of Belarus operating in the territory of the respective foreign states.

Surnames of citizens in the list shall be shown in the order convenient for holding the voting.