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Chapter III. Voter Lists
Article 15. Compilation of Voter Lists
Article 16. Procedure for Including Citizens on the Voter Lists
Article 17. Examination of Voter Lists by Voters
Article 15. Compilation of Voter Lists
1. Voter lists shall be compiled by appropriate election commissions separately for each electoral precinct in accordance with the form established by the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation.
2. A territorial election commission shall compile voter lists not later than 26 days prior to voting day on the basis of voter data furnished by the head of a municipal unit (if the charter of a municipal unit does not provide for this office by a person authorized to do so by the representative body of local self-government), the commanding officer of a military unit, the head of an institution where voters are temporarily staying.
3. The voter list of an electoral precinct formed in a hard-to-reach or remote area shall be compiled by a precinct election commission not later than 25 days prior to voting day and, in exceptional cases, not later than two days after formation of the precinct election commission, on the basis of voter data furnished by the head of a municipal unit (if the charter of a municipal unit does not provide for this office, by a person authorized to do so by the representative body of local self-government).
4. In an electoral precinct located in the territory of a military unit a list of voters - servicemen who live within the compound of the military unit, members of their families and other voters residing within the territory of the military unit shall be compiled by a precinct election commission on the basis of voter data to be furnished by the commander of the military unit not later than 25 days prior to voting day
5. The voter list for an electoral precinct formed in places of temporary stay of voters (in hospitals, sanatoria, rest homes and in other places of temporary stay), on a ship at sea on voting day or at a polar station shall be compiled by the corresponding precinct election commission not later than the day preceding voting day on the basis of voter data furnished by the head of an institution where voters stay temporarily, the captain of the ship or the heads of polar stations.
6. The voter list for an electoral precinct formed outside the territory of the Russian Federation shall be compiled by the corresponding precinct election commission, not later than 25 days prior to voting day, on the basis of voter data furnished either by the head of an appropriate diplomatic or consular mission of the Russian Federation or by the commander of the military unit stationed outside the territory of the Russian Federation.
7. Voter data shall be collected and corrected by officials indicated in Clauses 2 to 6 of this Article in the procedure established by the Statute on State System for Registration (Recording) of Voters to be approved by the Central Commission of the Russian Federation and shall be submitted to territorial election commissions not later than 60 days prior to voting day, and to an appropriate precinct election commissions immediately upon their establishment if the voter list has been compiled by a precinct election commission.
8. The voter list shall be made up in duplicate. Voter data included on the voter list shall be arranged in an alphabetical or some other order (by villages and towns, streets, houses, flats). The list shall indicate the first, middle and last name of voters, the year of birth (for the age of 18 years - also the date and month of birth), the address of the place where the voter resides permanently or currently.
9. In the compilation of voter lists use may be made of the state automated information system. Voter lists may be compiled in a typed form and, in exceptional cases, in a hand-written form.
10. The first copy of the voter list compiled in accordance with the requirements of Clause 2 of this Article shall be handed over to an appropriate precinct election commission on the basis of a transfer act not later than 25 days prior to voting day. The second copy of the voter list shall be kept by a territorial election commission and shall be used as prescribed by the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation. The voter list shall be signed by the chairman and the secretary of a territorial election commission and certified by the seals of this territorial commission.
11. In the electoral precincts formed in accordance with Clauses 4 to 6 Article 14 of this Federal Law the voter list shall be signed by the chairman and the secretary of a precinct election commission and shall be certified by the seal of this precinct election commission.
12. Having received the voter list a precinct election commission shall check and update the list on the basis of personal applications from citizens in accordance with Clause 17 of this Federal Law, appropriate documents of the bodies of local self-government, officials, registries, bodies in charge of registration of Russian Federation citizens at the place where the citizens stay and reside within the Russian Federation. The checked and updated voter list shall be signed by the chairman and the secretary of a precinct election commission and certified by the commission's seal not later than the day preceding voting day.
13. The persons furnishing voter data shall be responsible for the accuracy and completeness of the data and its timely submission.
Article 16. Procedure for Including Citizens on the Voter Lists
1. All citizens of the Russian Federation who are eligible to vote in accordance with Article 4 of this Federal Law shall be included on voter lists.
2. The grounds for including a citizen on the voter list in a certain electoral precinct shall be the fact of his/her permanent or current residence in the territory of the given electoral precinct as established by bodies in charge of registration of citizens of the Russian Federation at the place of their stay or residence within the Russian Federation in accordance with the federal law regulating the procedure for realization by Russian Federation citizens of the right to the freedom of movement, choice of the place of stay or residence within the Russian Federation.
3. Servicemen who live outside the territory of a military unit shall be included on the voter lists at the place of their residence on usual terms. Voters - servicemen, members of their families, other persons who reside in the territory of a military unit shall be included on the voter list if the fact of their permanent or current residence in the territory of the military unit is established by an appropriate service of the military unit or bodies in charge of the registration of citizens of the Russian Federation at the place of their stay or residence within the Russian Federation or on the basis of the order of the commander of a military unit whereby conscripts are put on the staff of the military unit.
4. Citizens of the Russian Federation who reside outside the territory of the Russian Federation or stay abroad on prolonged business trips shall be included on voter lists if the fact of their permanent or current residence outside the territory of the Russian Federation or prolonged business trips abroad is established by diplomatic or consular missions of the Russian Federation.
5. Voters staying on voting day in hospitals, sanatoria, rest homes, other places of temporary stay shall be included on the voter list on the basis of a passport, an equivalent identity paper and an absentee certificate for voting in the election of deputies of the State Duma.
6. Citizens of the Russian Federation who have been granted the status of forced migrants or have applied to the Federal Migration Service of Russia or its territorial agencies for the status of forced migrants shall be included on the voter list at the place of their temporary residence on the basis of a passport or an equivalent identity paper and appropriate documents issued by the Federal Migration Service of Russia or its territorial agencies.
7. Citizens of the Russian Federation who are eligible to vote and are staying in foreign states at private invitations, on official business and as tourists shall be put on the voter list when they come to the premises of a precinct or district election commission, upon production of a passport or an equivalent identity paper and an absentee certificate for voting in the election of deputies of the State Duma.
8. Voters who settled down in the territory of an electoral precinct after the voter list had been made available to voters for inspection, as well as voters who were not included on the voter list for any other reason shall be additionally put on the voter list by a precinct election commission on the basis of a passport or an equivalent identity paper and, if necessary, document confirming their permanent or predominant residence in the territory of the given electoral precinct.
9. A voter may be included on a voter list only in one electoral precinct.
10. After the voter list has been signed by the chairman and the secretary of a territorial election commission a citizen may be removed from the voter list only on the basis of official documents or when an absentee certificate for voting in the election of the State Duma is issued to a voter in a procedure set forth in this Law. In this case, the date when the citizen was removed from the voter list and the reasons therefor shall be noted on the list. This note shall be certified by a signature of the chairman of the precinct election commission and, when an absentee certificate for voting in the election of the deputies of the State Duma is issued, by the signature of the member of the election commission who issued the certificate.
11. No changes shall be made in voter lists after the end of voting and the beginning of vote counting.
Article 17. Examination of Voter Lists by Voters
1. Voter lists shall be made available by precinct election commissions to general public for examination and additional correction not later than 20 days prior to voting day.
2. A citizen of the Russian Federation eligible to vote has the right to state to a precinct election commission that he/she has not been put on the voter list and inform the commission about any error or inaccuracy therein. Within 24 hours, and, on voting day, within two hours after this statement is made and not later than the end of voting, the precinct election commission shall check the statement and the submitted documents and shall either remove the error and inaccuracy or give the voter a written answer indicating the reasons why the statement was rejected.
3. The decision of a precinct election commission to include or not to include a citizen on the voter list may be appealed in a higher election commission or in a court (at the place where the precinct election commission is located) and these bodies must consider the complaint (statement) within three days or immediately, if the complaint is filed within three days prior to or on voting day. In the event of a decision in favor of the applicant, the precinct election commission shall immediately make the necessary correction in the voter list.
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