. : ELECTION CODE OF THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN

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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