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Verification of lists of voters for the Parliamentary Elections of 2012

1. The Commission for Verification of the List of Voters is an independent administrative body that, within the limits of its powers, is independent from
other state bodies.

2. Representatives of government, opposition parties and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) shall compose the Commission based on the principle
of equal representation. The Commission shall be composed of not less than 15 members.

3. The President of Georgia shall establish and define the composition of the Commission on the proposal of parties and NGOs.

4. The Commission staff, according to procedures determined by Commission Regulation, shall provide organisational-technical and informational
support to the Commission for Verification of the Lists of Voters.

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5. The chairperson, deputy chairperson and the secretary of the Commission shall be elected from the members of the Commission for Verification of
the Lists of Voters. The Commission chairperson shall be elected from the members nominated by the opposition parties.

6. Rules of operation of the Commission for Verification of the Lists of Voters shall be defined under Commission Regulation, approved by the President
of Georgia on recommendation of the Commission.

7. The Commission session shall be authorised if attended by a majority of the total number of members of the Commission. The Commission shall make
its decision by a majority vote of members present at the session, but not less than one-third of the total number of members of the Commission. The
Commission decision may be appealed to the Tbilisi City Court within ten days of its adoption (except for cases provided for by the eleventh paragraph
of this article).

8. The Commission for Verification of the Lists of Voters shall provide verification of voter lists on the whole territory of Georgia through various
means, including door-to-door verification.

9. The following activities shall be implemented for the purpose of conducting the 2012 Parliamentary elections:

a) for the purpose of verification of the unified list of voters for the 2012 Parliamentary Elections, the Ministry for Corrections and Legal Assistance of
Georgia and the Special State Protection Service of Georgia, as well as the institutions referred to in Article 31(5)(a-c) of this Law about the persons with
one suffrage as of 15 July 2012 and institutions listed in subparagraphs ‘f’ and ‘g’ of the same paragraph shall, within the terms determined by this
paragraph, forward to the Commission for Verification of the Lists of Voters updated or most recent data on persons without the right to vote.

b) not later than 1 July 2012, the Ministries of Defense and Internal Affairs of Georgia shall submit to the Commission for Verification of the Lists of
Voters and the CEC, data on conscript and contract military servicemen of the Georgian military (paramilitary) forces and units with suffrage, whose
work conditions require their presence at an address different from their place of registration and that are located in a different electoral district;

c) on 15 July 2012, the Ministry for Corrections and Legal Assistance of Georgia shall submit to the Commission for Verification of the Lists of Voters
data on individuals with suffrage having committed crimes of minor gravity;

d) the heads of consular offices of Georgia shall submit to the Commission for Verification of the Lists of Voters and the CEC data determined by Article
32(1)(e) of this Law not later than the 20th day prior to polling.

91. The list determined by the tenth paragraph of this article, based on amendments made within the time frame provided for by this Law, and under
the decision of the Commission for Verification of the Lists of Voters, the box ‘actual condition’ next to the last name of a voter, whose presence abroad
is confirmed by application of a person registered at the same address, shall include an entry ‘is abroad’. A voter, so determined by this paragraph, shall
participate in polling according to the general procedure referred to by this Law.

92. The list determined by the tenth paragraph of this article, under the decision of the Commission for Verification of the Lists of Voters, shall include
the following voters with the entry – ‘removed from the address of registration’:

a) whose residence at the registration address is not confirmed by application of a person registered at the same address;

b) whose registration was terminated by the legal entity under public Law within the Ministry for Justice of Georgia–State Services Development
Agency.

93. Voters determined by paragraph 92 of this article shall vote according to their last place of registration during the 2012 Parliamentary Elections.
Such voters shall be included in the lists of voters designated for election commissions and in public information, after arranging the lists in alphabetical
order. Voters determined by this paragraph shall participate in elections held under the majoritarian, as well as the proportional electoral systems.

10. As provided for by this article (8-9), the Commission for Verification of the Lists of Voters shall ensure the verification and transmission of the lists
of voters to the CEC prior to 1 August 2012. The list submitted to the CEC by the Commission is the unified list of voters for the parliamentary elections
in 2012.

11. From 1 August 2012, not later than the 14th day prior to the elections, the Electoral Administration of Georgia shall immediately submit to the
Commission for Verification of the Lists of Voters the applications filed with the Electoral Administration of Georgia on changes made to the lists of
voters. The Commission is under a duty to adopt a relevant substantiated decision, within two calendar days of the submission of the application,
regarding the application received from the Electoral Administration or filed directly with the Commission within the time frame referred to by this
paragraph. The commission shall immediately notify the Electoral Administration on the above decision, based on which an appropriate DEC
chairperson shall issue a relevant decree that may be appealed as defined in this Law (except for cases provided for by paragraph 111 of this article).

111. From 1 August 2012, a person interested in making an entry in the unified list of voters as provided for by this article(91 and 92) shall file an
application with the Electoral Administration of Georgia not later than 1 September 2012. The Electoral Administration shall immediately submit the
application to the Commission for Verification of the List of Voters. The Commission shall make a substantiated decision about the application received
from the Electoral Administration or filed directly with the Commission within 14 calendar days after submission of the application and shall
immediately notify the Electoral Administration thereof.

112. Members of the Commission for Verification of the Lists of Voters and heads of regional representative offices, not later than the 14th day before
the elections, shall be authorised to conduct monitoring of the unified list of voters at any time based on the Commission decision, including on the
polling day at the electoral precincts.

12. State agencies are obliged to cooperate with the Commission for Verification of the Lists of Voters in order to adjust the unified list of voters.

13. The activity of the Commission for Verification of the Lists of Voters shall be financed from the State Budget of Georgia.

14. Edict No 726 of 15 November 2011 concerning the Determination of the Establishment and Composition of the Commission for Verification of the
Lists of Voters and edict No 791 of 5 December 2011 regarding the Approval of the Regulation of the Commission for Verification of the Lists of Voters,

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issued by the President of Georgia, shall remain in legal force.

15. The term of office of the Commission for Verification of Lists of Voters shall be defined as including 31 December 2012.

Organic Law of Georgia No 6571 of 28 June 2012– website, 28.6.2012

Article 1841 - Procedure for drawing up a unified list of voters for 2014 elections of a Sakrebulo, of a municipal Gamgebeli, of the Mayor of Tbilisi and
Mayors of other self-governing cities

1. A unified list of voters is a list of the persons registered according to their place of residence, as well as of those who indicate their place of actual
residence under the third paragraph of this article.

2. For the 2014 elections of a Sakrebulo, of a municipal Gamgebeli, of the Mayor of Tbilisi and Mayors of other self-governing cities, the unified list of
voters shall include the following information about a voter:

a) first name, last name

b) date of birth (day, month, year)

c) address (according to a Georgian citizen’s identity card or the Agency database)

d) a Georgian citizen’s personal number

e) the place of actual residence (for IDPs from the occupied territories of Georgia or for individuals registered without an indication of address, for
individuals removed from registration according to the place of residence, as well as for individuals whose registration has been declared invalid by
decision of the Agency, a temporary place of residence shall be indicated; for individuals staying abroad, the word ‘on a consular registry’ shall be
indicated, and, if such persons are not registered in a consular registry of Georgia, the word ‘staying abroad’ shall be indicated)

f) date of registration in the unified list of voters

g) photo (the latest digital photo available in the electronic database of the Agency)

h) sex.

3. To take part in the 2014 elections for local self-government bodies, a citizen of Georgia having the right to vote and registered without an indication
of address, also an individual removed from registration according to their place of residence and an individual whose registration has been declared
invalid by decision of the Agency, must apply to the Agency before 28 May 2014 and get registered according to their place of residence or indicate their
place of actual residence and take a digital photo.

4. The unified list of voters shall be compiled according to the procedure provided for in Article 31 of this Law for the compilation of the unified list of
voters based on the data on persons with active suffrage available (entered) in the Civil Registry of the Agency and the data forwarded by the
institutions referred to in Article 31(5) of this Law.

5. To verify the data on eligible voters to be provided by the Agency to the CEC, the latest photo of each person with the right to vote in the electronic
database of the Agency shall be compared, using an appropriate software (photo search system), with the latest photos of all persons with the right to
vote in the same database. If any possibly duplicate identity data of natural persons are detected as a result of photo comparison, the Agency shall study
the identification data individually and establish the valid data. If the Agency detects any wrong details, it shall act according to the legislation of
Georgia.

6. Local self-government bodies shall immediately inform the Agency of any changes made to the names/numbers of streets and houses. LEPL National
Agency of Public Registry shall provide the Agency, on a continuing basis, with information on the numbering of geographic facilities, the numbering
of their complexes and parts located in the territory of Tbilisi.

7. The Agency shall provide the CEC with the information on eligible voters not later than 1 May 2014 as defined in this article, and if requested by the
CEC, the Agency shall provide the above information, current as of the day of its provision, within 3 calendar days after the request, but not later than
the 11th day before Election Day.

8. For the 2014 elections of local self-government bodies, the commander of the relevant military (paramilitary) unit shall provide the list of the persons
specified in Article 32(1)(d) of this Law to the relevant DEC not later than 1 May 2014.

Organic Law of Georgia No 864 of 25 July 2013 - website, 19.8.2013

Organic Law of Georgia No 1273 of 20 September 2013 - website, 2.10.2013

Organic Law of Georgia No 2093 of 7 March 2014 - website, 14.3.2014

Article 1842 - Procedure for the publicity of the unified list of voters for the 2014 elections for local self-government bodies

1. The public domain version of the unified list of voters without photos shall be posted at a conspicuous place in the PEC building within the time
frame provided for by this Law.

2. The public domain version of the unified list of voters with photos shall be released to the person specified in Article 31(7) of this Law only in
electronic form. To obtain the list, the authorised person shall submit to the relevant commission an electronic storage device of appropriate storage
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capacity.

Organic Law of Georgia No 2093 of 7 March 2014 - website, 14.3.2014

Article 1843 – Deleted

Organic Law of Georgia No 2093 of 7 March 2014 - website, 14.3.2014

Organic Law of Georgia No 2289 of 17 April 2014 - website, 17.4.2014