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Article 26
 

§ 1-11 shall read as follows:


Ҥ 1. A voter with the right to elect shall be included in the electoral precinct register compiled in the Central Register of Voters in the permanent electoral precinct in which the person is included ex officio or upon application.


§ 2. The electoral register shall be compiled and updated by the municipality as a task delegated separately for each ordered election, subject to Article 34 § 1 and Article 35 § 1.


§ 3. The electoral register shall be used for voting in the ordered elections.


§ 4. A voter may be included in only one electoral register.


§ 5. The electoral register shall consist of:


1)                       Part A - for elections to the Sejm and Senate, elections of the President of the Republic of Poland, and elections to county councils and regional councils;


2)                       Part A and Part B - for elections to the European Parliament in the Republic of Poland, elections to municipal councils and in elections of mayors.


§ 6. Part A of the electoral register shall include the data of Polish citizens in the scope including:


1)           surname;


2)           name(s);


3)           PESEL personal identification number;


4)           address of residence.


§ 7. Part B of the electoral register shall include the data of the European Union citizens who are not Polish citizens, who are entitled to exercise their voting rights in the elections ordered in the Republic of Poland in the scope including:


1)           surname;


2)           name(s);


3)           PESEL personal identification number;


4)           nationality;


5)           address of residence.


§ 8. In elections to municipal councils and in the election of mayors, the provision of § 7 shall also apply accordingly to citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland who are entitled to exercise voting rights in the Republic of Poland.


§ 9. The electoral register shall be compiled no later than the second day before election day in two printed copies, separately for each electoral precinct. After the lapse of the third day before election day, the register compiled in the Central Register of Voters shall be compiled as of the third day before election day.


§ 10. As of the 44th day before election day, the Central Register of Voters shall generate automatically, but not more often than once every 24 hours, the electoral registers for each electoral precinct in electronic form, which shall be made available to municipalities by the minister responsible for computerisation.


§ 11. If for technical reasons, the municipality is unable to compile an electoral register in accordance with § 9 to conduct voting in ordered elections, the last available register shall be used in accordance with § 10.”;