Does the country provide individual online voter registration/polling assignment checks?
Iceland
- Yes, confirmation of registration using online interface
- Yes, assigned polling station using online interface
Information from Ministry of Interior Webpage
Registers Iceland has opened access to the voters' roll basis which means that voters can explore a simple way where they are registered on the electoral roll in the upcoming parliamentary elections. When entering ID number is the name, domicile and municipality. Usually appear also information on polling and polling section. Voters on the electoral register in the municipality where they were domiciled five weeks before Election Day, 24 September. Change of address after this time does not change the registration on the electoral roll.
OSCE/ODIHR Needs Assessment Mission Report, Iceland, Presidential Elections, 25 June 2016
All citizens that are at least 18 years of age have the right to vote. Voter registration is passive and Registers Iceland maintains a central database of registered voters based on the population register. Voters residing abroad remain in the voter register for eight years following their departure, after which they must actively register for elections. After elections are called, Registers Iceland provides extracts of the voter list to the municipalities, which split them by polling ward. The lists are made available for public scrutiny ten days before election day. Corrections, except changes to location or residence, can be made up to and on election day. Voters can also check their entries via an online platform.
OSCE/ODIHR Election Assessment Mission Final Report, Iceland, Parliamentary Elections, 27 April 2013
The NRO extracted the voter registry from a central database five weeks prior to election day and sent in paper form to the municipalities which were responsible for splitting the registry by polling wards. The municipalities made the registries available for public scrutiny by 17 April so that corrections could be made. Citizens could also verify their registration status and place of voting on the MoI website by entering their personal identification number.
The possibility of individual electronic voter registration and polling assignment checks could not be found.
