How is the national electoral register created?
Denmark
Answer
Extracted from a population/civil registry
Source
Folketing (Parliamentary) Elections Act (Consolidated Act No. 369 of 10 April 2014)
19.-(1) The electoral registers shall be prepared on the basis of information in the national civil registration system (CRS).
(2) The electoral registers shall contain the name of the voters, birth dates and addresses, as well as serial number and a space for marking.
(3) The local council may decide that an electronic electoral register shall be used for one or more or all polling districts in the municipality.
(4) The Minister for Economic Affairs and the Interior may lay down detailed rules for the preparation of the electoral registers and their design.
Comment
The current law was enacted in 1987, but the system has been in place for a longer time.
