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total countries/territories: 120
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Answers |
Comments |
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Albania
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b. Voters register
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Source:
Art 50 et seq. electoral code
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2005/03/30
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Algeria
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b. Voters register
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Source:
Electoral Law
Updated on March 10, 2005
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2005/03/26
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American Samoa
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b. Voters register
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Source:
American Samoa Code Annotated Title 6 Elections 6.0214
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2017/08/18
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Argentina
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a. National citizens register
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Source:
Electoral Code: “Código Electoral Nacional — Ley 19945”, Chapter II, Article 15: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/americas/AR/argentina-ley-19945-codigo-electoral-nacional-2019/ (2019)
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2021/12/26
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Armenia
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b. Voters register
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Source:
Electoral Law: Electoral Code of Armenia (2011), art. 7
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2011/08/25
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Australia
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b. Voters register
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b. permanent voters list.
Source:
Electoral Act (1918), Section 81.
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2002/05/29
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Austria
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a. National citizens register
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Source:
Constitution, Art. 26
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2003/06/11
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Azerbaijan
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b. Voters register
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Non-citizens, foreign country citizens, or stateless persons who meet requirements as stated in art. 12.1: " attained the age of 18 by or on the day of Parliamentary, Presidential or Municipal elections or the day of a referendum shall enjoy active suffrage, i.e. have the right to vote in an election, to vote in a referendum, to observe elections (referendums), to participate in a pre-election (pre-referendum) campaign, and to participate in carrying out activities as provided for in this Code regarding election operations and preparation for a referendum."
Source:
Election Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan as amended in 2016, art. 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4:
https://www.legislationline.org/download/id/7885/file/Azerbaijan_Election_am2017_en.pdf
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2021/08/03
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Bahamas
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b. Voters register
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The register ceases to have effect upon such date as the Governor General may appoint by notice published in the gazzete or at the end of each succeeding period of five years following the date of its coming into effect.
Source:
EL: 14.
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2002/12/16
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Bahrain
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a. National citizens register
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The list is to be in alphabetical order based on the official documents in coordination with the Central Population Registration at the Central Statistics Organization.
Source:
Decree number 14, 2002, Exercising Political Rights, part 1, article 8 (1, 2, 3, 4).
Updated on March 10, 2005
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2005/03/30
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Bangladesh
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b. Voters register
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Source:
Constitution; Part VII; Article 119(1-GHA)
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2004/08/20
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Barbados
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b. Voters register
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"The Commission shall cause to be prepared and shall publish not later than the 31st day of January in every year a register of electors for each constituency and a register of foreign service electors entitled to vote at any election"
Source:
Representation of the People's Act, Ch. 12, Section 13.
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2003/06/10
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Belarus
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b. Voters register
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Source:
Code on Elections, chapter 2.
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2002/07/17
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Belgium
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a. National citizens register
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Source:
Electoral Code, Art. 10 (2)
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2012/05/04
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Belize
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b. Voters register
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Source:
EL: SS (3 to 6).
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2004/10/27
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Benin
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b. Voters register
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Les listes électorales sont établies à partir des villages.
Source:
Articles 9,10, 11 et 12 de la loi n°2000-18(code électoral).
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2005/01/19
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Bolivia
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a. National citizens register
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The method is used of a National Citizens Register.
Source:
Electoral Code, Art.35
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2004/01/02
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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b. Voters register
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Source:
Election Law, Article 3. Paragraph (1)
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2002/05/07
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Brazil
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a. National citizens register
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Article 4.
Electors are Brazilians over 18 years of age who register in accordance with the law.
Article 8.
A native-born Brazilian who fails to register by the age of nineteen, or a naturalized Brazilian who fails to register within one year after acquiring Brazilian nationality, will incur a fine of three to ten percent of the minimum wage in the region, imposed by the judge and collected at the time of voter registration through a federal stamp invalidated on the application itself.
Source:
Electoral Code - Law No. 4,737, of July 15, 1965, Article 4, 6, 8:
https://www.tse.jus.br/legislacao/codigo-eleitoral/codigo-eleitoral-1/codigo-eleitoral-lei-nb0-4.737-de-15-de-julho-de-1965
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2024/10/16
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Bulgaria
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a. National citizens register
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Source:
Elections of Members of Parliament Act, article 27 (paragraph 1) and other election laws.
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2007/01/31
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Cameroon
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b. Voters register
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Source:
Electoral Code Chapter III section 70 (1): https://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/CM/cameroon-electoral-code-english-2012
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2018/11/05
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Cape Verde
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b. Voters register
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Source:
Fernando Monteiro, Member of the Electoral Commission, Cape Verde, fam(a)mailcvtelecom.cv
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2002/06/13
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Chile
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a. National citizens register
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Source:
Electoral Law, 18.556
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2009/07/05
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Colombia
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b. Voters register
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Source:
Código Electoral, art. 78
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2003/07/29
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Comoros
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b. Voters register
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Commission electoral national indépendante, Chapt. 2 "Code electoral" http://www.cenicomores.km/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Code-électoral-1.pdf, P.4, 12 avril 2014.
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2025/09/30
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Croatia
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b. Voters register
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Source:
Law on Election Registers
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2002/08/23
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Cyprus
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a. National citizens register
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Source:
Official web site of the Government: http://www.cyprus.gov.cy/portal/portal.nsf/All/32F14EEB6E8862AFC225700000309C7E?OpenDocument&a=1&z= (2012);
Electoral Law 72 of 1979 as amended, Art. 8, 9;
Official web site of the Central Electoral Service: http://moi.gov.cy/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=115%3A2011-02-13-06-56-34&catid=41&Itemid=128&lang=en (2012)
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2012/04/26
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Czech Republic
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b. Voters register
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There are two types of voters lists for the elections to the national Parliament. Both of them are permanent and in both of them only Czech nationals can register.
Source:
Electoral Act on Elections to Parliament (no. 247/1995 as amended), Art.4
Electoral Act on Elections to the Local Authorities (no. 491/2001)
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2006/11/29
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Denmark
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a. National citizens register
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19.-(1) The electoral registers shall be prepared on the basis of information in the national civil registration system (CRS).
(2) The electoral registers shall contain the name of the voters, birth dates and addresses, as well as serial number and a space for marking.
(3) The local council may decide that an electronic electoral register shall be used for one or more or all polling districts in the municipality.
(4) The Minister for Economic Affairs and the Interior may lay down detailed rules for the preparation of the electoral registers and their design.
Source:
Election Act, chapter 1, part 4, art.19(1)
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2019/05/27
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Djibouti
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b. Voters register
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Source:
http://www.idea.int/vt/country_view.cfm?CountryCode=DJ
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2005/05/13
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Dominica
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c. No registration required
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Source:
REA: 11.
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2014/12/16
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Ecuador
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a. National citizens register
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The Electoral Supreme Tribunal elaborates the National Citizens Register signed up in the Civil Registration of Identification and it upgrades them and it purifies of agreement with the information provided by the Civil Registration of Identification.
Source:
Organic Law of Elections, Arts. 4,36 and following
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2003/09/09
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Egypt
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c. No registration required
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Article 5 of Law No. 73 on Exercising Political Rights states;
“Electoral lists shall be created to register those who meet the conditions set for electors, where there is no reason that would prevent them from exercising their political rights, from the 1st of November of each year to the 31st of January the following year. Such lists shall be posted from the first day to the last day of February, in the manner and places laid down in the executive regulations of this law.”
Source:
Law No. 73 on Exercising Political Rights.
Updated February 2007.
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2025/09/23
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Eritrea
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b. Voters register
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Source:
Elections Act, art. 22
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2011/06/21
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Fiji
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b. Voters register
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Source:
Constitution, Section 51
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2003/07/01
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Finland
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d. Other
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The Population Register Center compiles a computer register of everyone entitled to vote (voting register) 46 days before election day.
Source:
Election Act 714/1998 as amended, Section 18 (1)
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2012/05/21
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France
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c. No registration required
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b) Citizens are automatically registered in the electoral lists of the municipality of their actual residence
Source:
Electoral Code, Art. L11-1
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2012/05/02
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French Guiana
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b. Voters register
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Source:
Electoral code, article L.5
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2007/01/10
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French Polynesia
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b. Voters register
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Source:
Electoral Code, paragraph 36.
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2004/01/15
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Georgia
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b. Voters register
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The unified list of voters shall be a list of individuals having active suffrage and registered under the procedure defined by the legislation of Georgia and shall be divided by electoral precincts.
Source:
The Election Code of Georgia, art. 31:
https://matsne.gov.ge/en/document/view/1557168?publication=87
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2024/07/25
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Germany
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b. Voters register
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Voters register (developed by register of residence)
Source:
Federal Elections Act, Ch.4, Section 17 (1)
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2021/11/17
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Ghana
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b. Voters register
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Registration is opened to polling stations prior to the election and updated before elections to either include persons reaching voting status or to remove indidviduals deceased or whose voting rights have been stripped from them.
Source:
Status Report on Preparations for the 1996 Presidential and Legislative Elections by the Electoral Commission of Ghana.
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2005/07/01
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Guadeloupe
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b. Voters register
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Source:
Electoral code, article L.5
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2007/01/14
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Guyana
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b. Voters register
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Source:
Dr. Steve Surujbally, President of the Elections Commissions, elections(a)sdnp.gy
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2004/09/03
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Hungary
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b. Voters register
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Source:
Act C. of 1997, art 12.
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2002/07/05
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Iceland
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a. National citizens register
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Source:
Björn Fridfinnsson, Ministry of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs, bjorn.fridfinnsson(a)dkm.stjr.is
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2002/07/11
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India
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b. Voters register
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"No person to be registered in more than one constituency. —No person shall be entitled to be registered in
the electoral roll for more than one constituency": registration is required
Source:
Representation of People Act 1950, sec 17-18
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2024/06/21
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Indonesia
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b. Voters register
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Source:
The Electoral Rolls Act, 1974
Constitution, part VIII, article 219
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2024/01/31
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Ireland
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b. Voters register
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Source:
Electoral Act 1992, Art. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13;
Official Website of the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government: http://www.environ.ie/en/LocalGovernment/Voting/ (2012)
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2012/05/10
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Italy
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c. No registration required
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Voters’ lists are generated from the national population records maintained by a Civil Registry Authority (“Anagrafe”).
Source:
Presidential Decree of 20 March 1967, n. 223, Art. 4(2)
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2012/04/16
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Jamaica
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a. National citizens register
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Source:
https://www.ecj.com.jm/voters/voter-information/registration-procedures/
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2025/09/22
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Japan
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b. Voters register
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Source:
Electoral Code, articles 19 and 22.
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2003/06/30
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Jordan
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a. National citizens register
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2016/08/03
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Kazakhstan
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b. Voters register
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3. The grounds for enrolment of a citizen in the voter register shall be the fact of his/her registration in the place of residence in the territory of the given electoral precinct. (Constitutional Law on Elections of the RK, Art. 24,3)
3. The voter lists shall be submitted by the lower territorial election commission in electronic form to the higher commission for inclusion in the electronic Register of voting citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan..(Constitutional Law on Elections of the RK, Art. 26-1,3)
Source:
Constitutional Law on Elections of the Republic of Kazakhstan as amended on June 29, 2018, Art. 24, 26: https://www.election.gov.kz/eng/election-legal-framework/the-laws-of-the-rk.php
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2024/10/18
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Kenya
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b. Voters register
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The voter's roll/register
Source:
Constitution, art. 88(4)
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2024/12/06
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Kiribati
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b. Voters register
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... shall be entitled to be registered as an elector in the electoral district in which he is resident, and when so registered to vote at an election of a member of the Maneaba ni Mangatabu for that electoral district.
Source:
Article 64(1), Constitution of Kiribati
https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Kiribati_2013
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2020/05/01
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Korea, Republic of
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b. Voters register
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There is a law named "Resident Registration Act" which requires every resident in Korea to be registered in a district office of his/her residence. Information to be registered includes date of birth, sex, address, etc. By utilizing this readily available information, authorities in charge of preparing voters' list make new voter's list for each election.
Source:
AEP, article 37.
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2002/12/20
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Lesotho
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b. Voters register
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(2) Subject to the provisions of subsections (3) and (4), every person who -
(a) is a citizen of Lesotho; and
(b) has attained the age of twenty-one years; and
(c) possesses such qualifications as to residence as may be prescribed by Parliament,
shall be qualified to be registered as an elector in elections to the National Assembly under a law in that behalf; and no other person may be so registered.
Source:
Constitution of Lesotho, art. 57(2): http://www.gov.ls/documents/Lesotho_Constitution.pdf
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2015/03/03
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Lithuania
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a. National citizens register
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Source:
Electoral Law: Republic of Lithuania Law on Elections to the Seimas, last amended on 19 November 2015 — No XII-2052, Art. 25
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2016/02/02
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Luxembourg
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b. Voters register
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Source:
Electoral law of 18 February 2003, Art. 9-15
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2015/06/05
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Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of
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b. Voters register
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Electoral Code, Art. 5: (1) The Voter Register is a public document and it is maintained for the entire territory of the Republic of Macedonia. (2) The Voter Register shall serve as a basis for conducting the elections and referendum in the Republic of Macedonia, both at the national and local level.
Source:
Electoral Code of The Republic of Macedonia (consolidated version as of February 2019), art. 5:
https://www.ifes.org/sites/default/files/electoral_code_of_the_republic_of_north_macedonia_february_2019_english.pdf
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2020/04/17
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Malawi
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b. Voters register
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Source:
Malawi Electoral laws: https://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/MW/malawi-electoral-laws-2019.
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2025/05/26
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Maldives
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a. National citizens register
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The Commissioner of Elections prepares the voters register for Presidential elections and elections to the People's Majlis.
Source:
Law on Presidential Elections (No.1/98), article 4 (b).
Law on General Elections (No.5/81H), article 5 (b).
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2004/10/07
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Marshall Islands
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b. Voters register
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Source:
Elections and Referenda Act 1980 section 126, clause 1.
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2005/02/23
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Martinique
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b. Voters register
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Source:
Electoral code, article L.5
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2007/01/14
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Micronesia, Federated States of
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b. Voters register
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There shall be one unified National Voter Register for all of the Federated States of Micronesia. The National Voter Register shall be used to generate the Signature Lists for the various Polling Places. On a periodic basis, the National Election Director shall reconcile the National Voter Register with the State Voter Register thereby ensuring that all Registered Voters on the State Voter Registers are also listed on the National Voter Register.
Source:
The National Election Code, Title 9, Chapter 4, Section 401: http://fsmlaw.org/fsm/code/title09/T9_Ch4_2014.html (2021)
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2021/04/06
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Moldova, Republic of
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b. Voters register
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Voters’ lists – the lists of all citizens eligible to vote who have the domicile or reside within reach of a
Polling Station;
Additional voters’ list – a list prepared by the electoral body containing the names of people not recorded
in the main voters’ lists;
Source:
Electoral code Article 1
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2021/04/07
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Monaco
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c. No registration required
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Source:
Law 839 regulating communal and national elections, as amended in 2002, Art. 6
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2012/04/27
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Montenegro
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b. Voters register
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Art. 2: Montenegrin nationals who are included on the electoral register in accordance with the law governing the electoral register (hereinafter referred to as the voter) shall vote for councillors and members of parliament and stand as candidates in elections of councillors and MPs, on the basis of universal and equal voting right, at free and direct elections, by secret ballot, in accordance with this Law.
Source:
Law on elections of councillors and members of parliament as amended in 2016, Art. 2.
https://www.legislationline.org/download/id/7743/file/Montenegro_Law_elections_councillors_members_of_parliament_1998_am2016_en.pdf
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2021/12/22
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Morocco
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b. Voters register
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Source:
Electoral Law, chapter 1, part 2, article 14 to 17.
Updated on March 10, 2005
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2005/04/05
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Nepal
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b. Voters register
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Source:
House of Representatives Member Act 1991, article 4.
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2004/08/16
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Netherlands
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a. National citizens register
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Municipal authorities are responsible for maintaining voter registers, which are based on information drawn from the population register.
Source:
OSCE/ODIHR 2012 Needs Assessment Report, sec. B: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/europe/NL/the-netherlands-elections-assessment-mission/at_download/file
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2016/03/17
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New Caledonia
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b. Voters register
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Source:
Electoral Code, paragraph 36.
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2004/01/14
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New Zealand
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b. Voters register
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Source:
https://vote.nz/enrolling/enrol-or-update/enrol-or-update-online/
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2024/07/10
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Niger
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b. Voters register
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Les électeurs sont inscrits sur une liste dressée par circonscription administrative, ambassade ou consulat sur présentation de l’une des pièces d’identité prévues à l’article 73 du Code Electoral
Source:
Le titre I – Chap IV du Code Electoral traite spécialement de l’établissement des listes électorales (art. 20 à 27)
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2007/01/02
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Nigeria
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b. Voters register
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When a general election is notified by the Commission pursuant to section 31 of this Act, the current official register of voters certified by the Commission in accordance with the provision of this Act shall be the official voters’ register for those elections.
Source:
Electoral Act 2010, art. 10 (4): http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/NG/nigeria-electoral-act-2010/view
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2018/11/12
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Niue
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b. Voters register
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2005/02/23
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Norway
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a. National citizens register
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Must be entered in the register of voters (manntallet).
Source:
Electoral Law, Ch.2, Art.5
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2002/06/19
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Pakistan
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b. Voters register
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Source:
The Electoral Rolls Act, 1974
Constitution, part VIII, article 219
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2002/06/18
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Palestine
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b. Voters register
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Source:
EL. 15, 16
Updated on March 10, 2005
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2005/04/05
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Papua New Guinea
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b. Voters register
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b) Enrolling by filling out the Enrollment Form
Source:
Organic Law on National and Local-level Government Elections (1997) Section 54.
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2007/01/11
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Paraguay
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a. National citizens register
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The Permanent Civic Register is composed of two registers, one for residents and one for those living abroad.
Source:
Law N.834, Articles 106-.
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2009/07/05
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Portugal
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d. Other
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Article 11
Organization, Management, Monitoring, and Supervision of the Voter Registration Database (BDRE)
1 - The organization, maintenance, and management of the BDRE are the responsibility of the Technical Secretariat for Electoral Affairs (STAPE) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
2 - In each electoral registration geographic unit, the electoral registration commissions are responsible for the organization, maintenance, and management of their respective computerized files, without prejudice to the provisions in the previous paragraph and in paragraphs 1 and 3 of Article 10.
3 - The National Data Protection Commission (CNPD) oversees and supervises the operations referred to in the previous paragraphs.
Source:
Law no. 13/99 of 22 March 1999 regulating electoral registration, Article 3(1-3), 11(1-3):
https://diariodarepublica.pt/dr/detalhe/lei/13-1999-150518
Official Website of Ministry of Internal Administration, Secretary General: https://www.sg.mai.gov.pt/AdministracaoEleitoral/FAQs/RecenseamentoEleitoral/Paginas/default.aspx
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2024/10/10
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Romania
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b. Voters register
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Source:
Law on Election of the Parliament, article 7.
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2004/11/22
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Russian Federation
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b. Voters register
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2. Citizens of the Russian Federation who as of voting day are entitled to an active electoral right, the right to
participate in a referendum shall be included in the lists of voters, referendum participants in the electoral
precincts, referendum precincts.
Source:
Federal Law "On Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights and the Right of Citizens of the Russian Federation to Participate in a Referendum" as amended on April 5, 2016. (article 17)
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2016/06/02
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Rwanda
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b. Voters register
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Source:
Law governing elections in Rwanda Chapter 1 article 12. http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/RW/rwanda-organic-law-nb0-17-2003-of-07-07-2003/view
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2024/12/04
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Réunion
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b. Voters register
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Source:
Electoral code, article L.5
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2007/01/14
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Saint Kitts and Nevis
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b. Voters register
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One must be registered in order to vote.
Source:
Article 34, Constitution
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2020/04/15
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Saint Lucia
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b. Voters register
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Source:
C: 37.
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2002/12/10
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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b. Voters register
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Source:
St. Vincent and the Grenadines: Electoral Law, article 5: https://pdba.georgetown.edu/Electoral/StVincent/StV&Gr.html
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2021/12/27
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Samoa
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b. Voters register
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A person qualified to be registered as a voter, must if that person is in Samoa, apply in the prescribed Form to the Commissioner for registration as a voter. If a person is outside of Samoa and requests to register online he or she may apply to the Commissioner in the prescribed Form.
Source:
The Electoral Act 2019, Article 13 (1) and 13 (2): https://www.palemene.ws/wp-content/uploads/Electoral-Act-2019-Eng.pdf (2021)
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2021/04/09
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Sao Tome and Principe
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b. Voters register
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2001/10/04
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Serbia
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a. National citizens register
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Persons having the right to vote and after the date of the adoption of the Decision on calling the elections persons who gain the right to vote on the date of elections at the latest, shall be registered in the electoral roll.
A voter who has not been entered in the electoral roll shall be registered in the electoral roll by the municipal/town administration up to the deadline set for its closure, and after the electoral roll closure until 72 hours before the polling day, by the ministry competent for public administration.
Source:
Electoral Law: Law on the Unified Electoral Roll, art. 4-5.
http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/europe/RS/serbia-the-law-on-the-single-electoral-register/view
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2022/07/18
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Seychelles
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b. Voters register
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Source:
Elections Act chapter 68A (1996), Part II
http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/SC/seychelles-electoral-act-1996/view
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2016/09/07
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Sierra Leone
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b. Voters register
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2005/06/30
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Slovakia
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a. National citizens register
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Source:
Mrs. Lívia Skultétyová, Head of the Election department, Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic,
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2007/01/09
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Slovenia
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a. National citizens register
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Both the municipial and national registers are used.
The national one for national elections and the municipial one for local elelctions.
Source:
Law on Voters' Register, article 1.
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2002/08/27
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Somalia
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b. Voters register
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Source:
presidential elections law article 45
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2005/04/06
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Spain
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a. National citizens register
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Electoral Census obtained from the Municipality's list of inhabitants.
Source:
Electoral Law 5/1985 of 19 June ("Ley Orgánica del Régimen Electoral General"), Art. 31 and 32
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2012/04/17
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Sri Lanka
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b. Voters register
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The Commission shall exercise, perform and discharge all such powers, duties and functions conferred or imposed on or assigned to –
(a) theCommission;or
(b) theCommissioner-GeneralofElections,
by the Constitution, and by the law for the time being relating to the election of the President, the election of Members of Parliament, the election of members of Provincial Councils, the election of members of Local Authorities and the conduct of Referenda, including but not limited to all the powers, duties and functions relating to the preparation and revision of registers of electors for the purposes of such elections and Referenda and the conduct of such elections and Referenda.
Source:
Constitution, art. 104B(1): http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/asia/LK/sri-lanka-constitution-as-amended-up-to-9/at_download/file
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2016/02/04
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Sudan
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b. Voters register
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The Commission does the following:
a) Tallying all the voters according to their eligibility standards and enrolling them in the public election record,
b) Stating the place of residence of the voters and preparing lists of them in the election record in the constituency, and maintaining that record,
c) Declaring the voters from the scientific and professional sections in a record and maintain it,d) Reviewing what has been declared in the record two months before the end of the year to check whether the voters declared meet the eligibility standards, or declare them in a different list if they change their places of residency, or take out any voters who lost their eligibility standards,
e) Publish all the lists and make them open to any review or appeal so that they would become final lists in the record by the end of the year.
Source:
General Elections Law ( No.15, 1998), chapter 1, article 11.
Updated on March 10, 2005
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2005/04/06
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Sweden
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c. No registration required
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The Central Election Authority shall for each electoral district prepare a list of those who are entitled to vote in the election (electoral roll). The electoral rolls shall be based on the information that, 30 days prior to the election day, is contained in the population registration database in the Swedish Tax Agency’s population registry.
Source:
Electoral Law of 2005, Ch. 5, Section 1: http://www.val.se/pdf/2005_elections_act.pdf (2012)
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2012/05/15
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Switzerland
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c. No registration required
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c) Local authorities proceed on their own motion to the inclusion of voters in the electoral register.
Source:
Official Website of the Swiss Chancellery: http://www.ch.ch/abstimmungen_und_wahlen/02186/02188/02194/index.html?lang=fr#sprungmarke1_5 (2012);
Electoral Law of 17 December 1976 regulating political rights, Art. 4: Official website of the Swiss administration: http://www.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/161_1/index.html (2012)
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2012/05/11
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Taiwan
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c. No registration required
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2020/03/26
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Timor-Leste
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d. Other
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Civil registry.
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2001/09/17
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Tonga
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b. Voters register
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Source:
Electoral Act Section 4: https://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/pacific/TO/tonga-electoral-act-1989-1 (2021)
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2021/09/15
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Trinidad and Tobago
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b. Voters register
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Source:
http://www.ttconnect.gov.tt/gortt/portal/ttconnect/!ut/p/a1/jdDBCoJAEAbgp_HqjIqW3QzMzCg0Kt1LaGyroa6oaY-feRPLmtsM3w8_AwR8IHnYJCysE56H6Xsn2sVxZVRtXcG9izrKni2ZqDqKtdM6EAyAZ606YKrS2jkpiPhfHr-M8TN_oDmcgUyy5WwExjV7MNFjA4SlPOp_Ehh5pMwZkJLeaElL8VF257iui2ohoIBt24qMc5ZS8cozAT9FYl7V4A8lFNnRf9p3NW22xguhC6ui/dl5/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/gortt/wcm/connect/gortt+web+content/ttconnect/citizen/topic/governmentandpolitics/elections/registering+to+vote
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2015/05/21
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Tunisia
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a. National citizens register
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Source:
Electoral Law, chapter 2, section 1, articles 6 and 8.
Updated on March 10, 2005
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2005/04/06
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Turkey
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b. Voters register
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Voter registration is managed by the SBE through a central voter registration system.
Source:
OSCE/ODIHR Needs Assessment Mission Report, 2014 Presidential Elections: http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/turkey/119439?download=true
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2016/01/21
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Tuvalu
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b. Voters register
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Source:
Electoral Provisions Section 5(1)
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2003/07/31
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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b. Voters register
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b) Voters are not automatically registered.
Source:
Representation of the People Act 1983, Art. 10A;
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/2/contents/data.pdf
https://www.aboutmyvote.co.uk/register_to_vo/electoral_registration_applica.aspx (2012)
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2016/04/11
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United States of America
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b. Voters register
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Source:
The Federal Election Commission online (www.fec.gov)
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2024/10/15
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Uruguay
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b. Voters register
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Source:
Constitution, art. 77 and 78
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2002/06/18
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Uzbekistan
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d. Other
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2009/08/18
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Vanuatu
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b. Voters register
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The Principal Electoral Officer shall appoint a registration officer for each constituency. Registration officers shall each year draw up electoral lists for the purpose of compiling electoral rolls
Source:
Representation of the People Act CAP 146 articles 6 (1) and (2): http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/pacific/VU/vanuatu-representation-of-the-people-act-1982-as/at_download/file
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2016/01/26
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Venezuela
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d. Other
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d) At the request of the elector, it is included in the Electoral Record. The voter has the obligation to report his data from residence to the Office of the Electoral Registration.
Source:
LOSPP, art. 98, 99, 100 y 101
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2003/09/24
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Viet Nam
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d. Other
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The voters' lists shall be drawn up by the commune/ward/township People’s Committee
according to the electorates.
Source:
Law on Election of National Assembly Deputies, article 16, article 24
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2021/03/24
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Yemen
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a. National citizens register
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The voter registers in each constituency shall include detailed listing of particulars of all citizens (i.e. name, surname, profession, date of birth, domicile address, etc.) who on January first of each year would have become constitutionally eligible to exercise their voting rights. Voters may not be allowed to register in more than one constituency. Voters Registration Committees shall be held responsible for verifying the identity of each voter to ensure that s/he has attained the legal age. This may be ascertained by means of a proper ID. Card or any statement or testimony issued by a local official on condition that a personal photograph is attached to such a statement or testimony. Such statements and/or testimonies may be given under oath.
Source:
Voters Registration Law 2001, chapter 1, article 4 (a, b).
Updated on March 10, 2005
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2005/04/08
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Zimbabwe
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b. Voters register
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Source:
Zimbabwe Electoral Act 17A . http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/ZW/zimbabwe-consolidated-electoral-act-amended-2018/view
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2018/10/31
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