How is the national electoral register created?

Election law by decree of 2007

Article (16): Formation of the Electoral Areas Offices

1. The Commission shall form the Electoral Areas Offices in each of the electoral areas in order to manage the electoral process. […]

Article (17): The Tasks and Mandates of the Electoral Areas Offices

The Electoral Areas Offices hold the responsibility of administrating, organizing and monitoring the electoral process within the relevant areas. Their mandate includes:

1. Supervising the preparation of the preliminary voters registry and submitting it to the Commission for approval and publication in due form.

2. Reviewing the minutes of election results issued by polling center staff and verifying their accuracy and compliance with the provisions of this law and submitting thereof to the Commission.

Article (30): Register in the Voters Registry:

1. Enrolment is a right for each Palestinian who fulfils the requirements of eligibility in accordance with the provisions of this law.

2. The Commission shall register voters according to the provisions of this law.

3. Any person who fulfils the requirements for voter eligibility may apply for enrolment in the preliminary voters registry, and he/she shall be entitled to check his/her name registration, should it be missing.

4. No voter shall be registered in another area’s voters registry other than that where he/she resides unless otherwise by a decision of the Commission.

5. Registration of any person in the voters registry shall not be possible unless he/she is qualified for voter eligibility. Registration shall be conducted in person, through an officially authorized proxy, or through relative up to the second degree. […]