Vietnam: Electoral registers shall be made by the People’s Committee of the commune according to each polling station

Specifically, according to Article 31 of the Law on election of deputies to the National Assembly and People’s Councils 2015 of Vietnam, the electoral registers shall be made by the People’s Committee of the commune according to each polling station. With regard to suburban districts having no commune or commune-level town, the People’s Committees of districts shall make electoral registers according to each polling station.

Besides, electoral registers in people's armed units shall be made by commanders according to the polling stations where the units are garrisoned. A soldier who has his/her permanent residence in an administrative division near his/her garrison area may be granted a certificate by the unit command so that his/her name shall be recorded to the electoral register and he/she shall vote in his/her permanent residence. When issuing the certificate, the unit commander must write down in the electoral register of the people's armed unit next to his/her name “Vote in the place of residence".

Moreover, this Law also stipulates complaints about electoral registers. When checking the electoral register, if any mistake is detected therein, the people are entitled, within 30 days from the date on which the list is posted, make a complaint about the electoral register the agency that makes the electoral register. The electoral register-making agency shall keep record of such complaints. Within 05 days from the date on which the complaint is received, the electoral register-making agency shall settle and inform the complainant of the settlement results. In case the complainant disagrees with the settlement carried out by the electoral register-making agency or his/her complaint is not settled after the settlement deadline, he/she shall be entitled to sue at People’s Court as prescribed in law on administrative procedures.

View more details at the Law on election of deputies to the National Assembly and People’s Councils 2015 of Vietnam, effective from September 01, 2015.

Ty Na

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