Chương 4 Luật Bầu cử Đại biểu Quốc hội 1997: Danh sách cử tri

Chapter IV

LISTS OF VOTERS

Article 22.- During the time the voters’ lists are drawn up, the citizens eligible to elect National Assembly deputies shall be included in the lists.

Each voter can register his/her name only in the list in the place where he/she is permanently or temporarily residing.

Article 23.-

1. The persons who are deprived of the voting right under legally effective judgments or decisions of the Court, who are serving prison terms, are temporarily detained or are insane shall not have their names registered in the lists of voters.

2. If twenty four hours before the voting, the persons defined in Clause 1 of this Article have their voting right restored, are set free or certified by the competent agency that they are no longer insane, they shall have their names added to the voters’ lists and be given the voters’ cards.

3. If persons who have already had their names in the voters’ lists, are, by the time of voting, deprived of their voting right by the Court, having to serve prison terms, temporarily detained or are insane, the commune/ward/township People’s Committee shall cross out their names from the voters’ lists and withdraw their voters’ cards.

Article 24.- The voters’ lists shall be drawn up by the commune/ward/township People’s Committee according to the electorates.

The voters’ list in a People’s Armed Forces unit shall be drawn up by the unit’s command according to the electorate. A military personnel who has his/her permanent residence registration in a locality near his/her encampment area may be granted a certificate by the unit command so that his/her name shall be included in the voters’ list and he/she shall vote in such locality. When issuing the certificate, the unit commander must write down in the list next to his/her name " Vote in the place of residence."

Article 25.- Not later than thirty days before the election day, the agency that draws up the voters� list must post it at the office of the commune/ward/township People’s Committee and public places of the electorate and at the same time announce the posting so that the people can check the voters� list.

Article 26.- When checking the voters’ list, if any mistake is detected therein, the people are entitled, within twenty days from the date the list is posted, to make an oral or written complaint, denunciation or petition about it to the agency that draws up the voters’ list. The agency that draws up the voters’ list must receive and write down in a book such complaint, denunciation or petition. Within three days from the date of receiving a complaint, denunciation or petition, the agency that draws up the voters’ list must settle it and inform the complainant, denouncer or petitioner of the settlement.

In cases where the complainant, denouncer or petitioner disagrees with the settlement by the voters’ list-making agency, he/she shall be entitled to appeal to the Court of the rural or urban district, town or city under the province. Within five days from the date of receiving the appeal, the Court must complete the settlement. The ruling of the Court is the final decision.

Article 27.- If, from the time the voters’ list is posted to the election day, any voter moves to another place and cannot vote at the place where his/her name has already been included in the voters’ list, he/she shall be entitled to ask for a certificate from the People’s Committee of the concerned commune, ward or township to so that he/she can have his/her name included in the voters’ list and vote in the new place. When issuing the certificate, the People’s Committee must immediately write down in the voters’ list next to the name of such voter "Vote elsewhere."