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Article 45. Integrated
Voters (Citizens Who Have the Right to Participate
in Referendum) List
45.1 The Integrated Voters (Citizens Who Have
the Right to Participate in Referendum) hereinafter
– the voters list) List shall be kept by the Central
Election Commission.
45.2 Information on updating of the voters list
shall annually be provided to the Central Election
Commission by Precinct Election Commissions through
Constituency Election Commissions through Precinct
Election Commissions, in accordance with Article
45.3 The Integrated Voters List shall be kept
on election precincts, election constituencies
and entirely the Republic of Azerbaijan, and include
the information specified in Article 46.9 of this
Code.
45.4 Data from the voters lists approved by Precinct
Election Commissions formed in the order specified
in Article 35.8 of this Code shall not be included
in the Integrated Voters List. Such data shall
be presented by the Central Election Commission
in the manner it defines, and be integrated in
a temporary voters list. Temporary voters lists
shall be enclosed to the Integrated Voters List.
Article 46.
Compilation of Voters (citizens who have the right
to participate in referendum) Lists
46.1 The permanent voters list for a precinct
shall be kept by the Central Election Commission.
Permanent voters (citizens who have the right
to participate in referendum) lists (hereinafter
- voters lists)approved for a precinct are approved
by the Precinct Election Commission in conformity
with the format defined by the Central Election
Commission until 30th of May of each year and
they arebe specified at least 35 days prior to
the Election Day. After this period and until
and including the Voting Day (including the Voting
Day), the voter can be included in the voters
list only upon the court decision (in this case,
the court decision shall be attached to the voters
list). Voting cards of the voters who vote with
voting cards, shall be attached to the voters
lists, in accordance with Article 101 of this
Code. Any additions and amendments to voters list
on the voting day cannot be made. Voters lists
cannot be published in the press. Voter lits shall
be posted on the relevant web site of Central
Election Commission (Constituency Election Commission)
in case defined by Central Election Commission.
In this case, the addresses of voters settlements
shall not be indicated.
46.2 The document verifiying inclusion of a voter
in the voters list is the Voter’s Card. Voter’s
name, surname, patronymic, date of birth, place
of residence, name of the election constituency
he/she is registered in and number and address
of the election precinct shall be described in
the Voter’s Card. A sample of the Voter’s Card
shall be verified by the Central Election Commission
and distributed (delivered) to voters by Precinct
Election Commissions in the manner identified
by the Central Election Commisson. Upon request,
the relevant election commission shall inform
any citizen about his/her inclusion or not inclusion
in the voters lists.
46.3 Temporary lists of voters registered in election
precincts formed in accordance with Articles 35.4
and 35.6 of this Code and voters indicated in
Article 45.4 of the Code shall be kept drafted
separately, at the level of the relevant election
commission.
46.4 Permanent voters lists shall include information
on voters who have active suffrage provided by
heads of the relevant executive authority bodies
and municipalities, commanders of military units.
Temporary voters lists shall include information
on voters with active suffrage provided by heads
of consulates or diplomatic representatives, as
well as by heads of the enterprises where voters
are temporarily located.
46.5 Voters lists of the precincts established
in distant and difficult to access districts shall
be are specified by the Precinct Election Commissions
on the basis of information on voters provided
by heads of relevant executive authority and municipality
at least 25 days prior to the election day, in
exceptional circumstances 2 days after the Precinct
Election Commission has been formed.
46.6 Voters (military servants of military unit,
military servants’ family members who reside within
the territory of military unit and other voters)
lists for the precincts established within the
territory of military units shall beare specified
by the Precinct Election Commissions on the basis
of information on voters provided by the commanders
of military units at least 25 days prior to the
election day.
46.7 Voters lists for the precincts where voters
are temporarily located (hospitals, sanatoriums,
rest homes) and ships that are sailing on the
election day shall be approved at least 5 days
prior to the election day by the relevant Precinct
Election Commission on the basis of information
on voters provided by heads of the offices where
voters are located temporarily or the captain
of the ship and checked by the Precinct Election
Commission.
46.8 Voters lists for electoral precincts created
outside of the Republic of Azerbaijan shall be
are approved by relevant Precinct Election Commission
on the basis of information on voters provided
by heads of the diplomatic representation and
consular office of the Republic of Azerbaijan
at least 25 days prior to the election day.
46.9 Officials mentioned in Articles 46.6 and
46.7 of this Code (If no election precincts are
created in military units or places of temporary
residence of the voters), the commander of the
military unit and administration of investigation
jails shall collect and specify information on
voters in accordance with the rules defined by
the Central Election Commission and then submit
it to the relevant Precinct Election Commission
at least 35 days prior to the election day, if
no other rule is provided by this Code.
46.10 Voters lists shall be are prepared in 2
copies. Information on voters who have been included
in the voters lists should be in alphabetical
or in other order (according to settlements, streets,
houses, apartments). The voters lists shall contain
the voter’s name, surname, father’s namepatronymic,
year of birth (for those who are 18 years old
– date and month of birth), and pursuant to Article
46.2, permanent address (number of street, building,
apartment, number of house; if the place is the
temporary residence – address of the hospital,
sanatoriums, rest homes or other places) and the
number of the election precinct.
46.11 State Automated Information Systems can
be used during compilation of voters lists. The
voters lists shall be prepared in a typewritten
format. Only in the exceptional circumstances
defined by the Central Election Commission, they
can be written by hand.
46.12 The first copy of the preliminary voters
list prepared for the precinct shall be preserved
by the Precinct Election Commission, and a relevant
act is be made on this. The second copy is shall
be transferred to the Constituency Election Commission
not later than 20th 5th of January February of
each year, but at least 25 days prior to the election
day. Preliminary voters lists for the constituency
are shall be drafted in two copies not later than
January 305th of March of each year, signed by
the chairperson and secretary secretaries of the
Constituency Election Commission and verified
with the stamp of the election commission, and
submitted to the Central Election Commission until
March 5th of April annually. If the Central Election
Commission finds discrepancies in the voters lists,
they shall be corrected and then be approved by
Precinct and Constituency Election Commissions
until March 1025th of May. The voters list for
the Republic of Azerbaijan shall be drafted by
the Central Election Commission by means of the
State Automated Information System.
46.13 Voters lists for the election precincts
created in conformity with Articles 35.5 and 35.6
of this Code are shall be signed by the chairperson
and secretary secretaries of the Precinct Election
Commission and verified by the stamp of the commission.
46.14 Precinct Election Commissions, after they
specify voters lists, shall examine and consider
the changes to be made on the voters lists at
the requests of voters or changes necessary to
be made in conformity with Article 45 of this
Code. They shall also make investigation on the
basis of relevant documents submitted by the officials,
municipalities, state civilian registration offices
and bodies, which register citizens’ addresses
and place of residence.
46.15 An officialThe head of the executive body
who provides information on voters, shall bears
responsibility defined by the legislation for
the accuracy, completeness and timely provision
of the relevant information.
Article 47.
Rules for Citizens’ Inclusion In and Exclusion
from Voters List
47.1 All citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan
who have active suffrage, shall be included in
the voters lists.
47.2 Residence of a voter or the fact that a voter
is residing permanently y within the territory
of the relevant electoral precinct (residing in
precinct territory at least 6 months out of 12
months prior to announcement of the elections)
defined by the body which registers residence,
shall be is a sufficient basis for inclusion of
voter in the voters list for the relevant precinct.
47.3 Military servants who reside outside of the
military unit shall be are included in the voters
list on a common basis for their place of residence.
Basis for inclusion of military servants, their
family members in a military unit and other voters
who reside within the territory of the military
unit in the voters list is the fact of permanent
of mostly place of residence defined by the bodies
which register place of residence of the citizens
of the Republic of Azerbaijan or defined confirmed
by order of the commander of a military unit on
inclusion of persons in the military staff who
are in military service.
47.4 The basis for inclusion of citizens of the
Azerbaijan Republic residing outside the Republic
of Azerbaijan and those who are on a long-term
foreign business trip in the voters list shall
be is the fact that a person is residing outside
of the Republic of Azerbaijan permanently or the
fact that a voter is on a long-term business trip
as determined by the diplomatic representation
or consular office of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
47.5 Voters who are in hospitals, sanatoriums,
rest homes are shall be included in the voters
lists of the election precincts created there
on the basis of an identification document or
other substitute document. If no voting station
is created in the aforementioned places in accordance
with Article 35.4 of this Code, then such voters
located in those places shall be included in the
voters lists pursuant to information provided
to the Precinct Election Commission by the administration
of those institutions. The mentioned information
shall fully describe all the data contained in
the voter’s identification document or substitute
document.
47.6 The persons with no valid court sentence,
and which are subject to preventive punishment
shall be included in voters lists based upon information
provided to the Precinct Election Commissions
by the administration of investigation jails.
The mentioned information shall fully describe
all the data contained in the person’s identification
document or substitute document.
47.7 Disabled citizens of the Azerbaijan Republic
can be included in voters lists according to information
provided by their relatives or other persons who
have relations with them. In such case, the identification
document or a substitute document of the disabled
citizen shall be presented.
47.8 Citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan, who
have active suffrage and who are in foreign countries,
shall be are included in the voters list on the
basis of their international passport or substitute
document, when they come to the voting station.
47.9 Voters who reside within the territory of
the electoral precinct or and who have not been
included in the voters list for any reason, shall
be are included in the voters list and provided
with a voter’s card by the Precinct Election Commission
on the basis of their ID or other substitute document,
after the voters cards are distributed and voters
lists are submitted for public display. If necessary,
other documents, which confirm that the voter
lives mostly within the territory of that electoral
precinct, may be required.
47.10 A voter can be included in the voters list
for one precinct only. Shall any the election
commission reveal that a voter has been registered
in more than one precinct, the commission has
to investigate the matter and ensure that the
voter’s name remains in one list. If the voter
is intentionally included in more than one voters
list, the voter may be subject to administrative
liability under the Code of Administrative Offences
of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
47.11 After voters lists are approved, a voter
shall be excluded from the voters list on the
basis of official documents as well as on a voting
card issued to the voter in conformity with Article
101 of this Code, and then be informed about it
in writing. In such circumstances, date and reason
for exclusion of voter from the voters list must
should be recorded in the voters list. This fact
shall be verified by the signatures of the Chairperson
and Secretaries of the Precinct Election Commission.
When issuing de-registration card for voting it
shall be verified with the signature of the commission
members who issues it.
Article 48.
Public Display of Voters Lists
48.1 The Precinct Election Commission shall submits
the voters lists for public display and for additional
verification by informing the voters at least
65 days prior to the election day and creates
relevant conditions for that. The voters lists
must should be displayed on notice boards, outside
of the voting room, in a convenient place for
voters to see and to have access to it. In this
case, numbers of the citizens’ apartments and
houses should not be indicated.
48.2 A citizen of the Republic of Azerbaijan who
has suffrage can advise that he/she is not included
in the voters list, about mistakes and errors
related to him/her or other persons he/she has
found in the voters list. The Precinct Election
Commission must should check the submitted application
and documents regarding the voter’s information,
correct the mistake or error, investigate the
reasons for the mistake or error, or must should
provide the voter with a written document containing
the reason for rejection of voter’s application
within one day from the date of application, and
on the election day – immediately, but before
the voting is terminated.
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