How is the national electoral register created?

IFES FAQs: Elections in Egypt: 2018 Presidential Election

“How is the voter register compiled?

The voter register is compiled using citizen information stored in a national identity card database. The personal information of all Egyptian citizens possessing a national identity card, who are above 18 years of age and are eligible to vote, is automatically transferred from the national identity card database to the voter register database. Voters do not have to specifically register to vote. Persons who are not eligible to vote are removed from this database before the final voter lists for each polling station are prepared.”

Law No. 45 for the year 2014 Regulating the Exercise of Political Rights

Persons who meet voter eligibility criteria and who have not been disqualified from exercising their political rights throughout the year, shall have their names automatically registered in the Voter Database compiled from the National Identification Number Data recorded in the Civil Status Organization Database in the Ministry of Interior, at the location and in the manner specified in the Executive Regulations.

The National Identification Number Database at the Civil Status Organization shall be considered the main source for the Voter Database.