How is the national electoral register created?

Jordan, Law on the Election of the House of Representatives (No 6 of 2016), accessed 14 November 2020

Article 4

B) Once the Board has set the date for polling, the Commission shall immediately request the Department (Civil Status and Passports Department (CSPD)) to develop preliminary lists of the names of all persons who have the right to vote based on each voter’s place of residence in the Department’s records in accordance with the electoral districts designated under this Law and the by-law issued thereunder.

C) From the date of entry into force of this Law and at the beginning of January and July each year, or at any other date set by the Board, the courts shall provide the Department with all definitive judgments regarding guardianship under court’s decision and bankruptcy cases, including full names and national numbers of persons against whom such rulings have been issued.

D) The Department shall delete the names of deceased persons from the voter lists.

E) The Department shall notify the Commission, within seven days as of the date of the Commission’s request as specified in paragraph (B) of this Article, that the development of the preliminary lists has been completed.

F) One day following the commission’s receipt of the preliminary lists from the Department in accordance with paragraph (E) of this Article, the Commission shall publish the preliminary lists on its website and by any other means deemed appropriate; the Commission shall also provide each head of elections with the preliminary voter lists for his/her district. All heads of elections shall display the lists for seven days in the place identified in the executive instructions and shall announce the name of that place in two local daily newspapers.

G) Within fourteen days as of the day following the date of publication of the preliminary voter lists in accordance with paragraph (F) of this Article:

(i) Any person who belongs to an electoral district but does not reside therein may submit a written request to the Department to register his/her name in the preliminary list of that district; […]

(iv) any voter who finds an error in his/her data in the preliminary lists, or who has changed his/her place of residence, may submit a written request to the Department to correct the mistake or observe the change. […]

Article 5

Following the completion of any procedures and dates stipulated in Article 4 of this Law and of any corrections required on the basis of decisions issued, the Department shall send the voter lists to the Commission for approval within three days as of the day following the date on which such lists were received; the Board may extend this by a justified decision for the same period.

Article 6

A) Once the Board adopts the voter lists sent from the Department in accordance with Article 5 of this law, such lists shall be deemed to be final voter lists and shall not be amended under any circumstances and the parliamentary elections shall be conducted on the basis of those lists.

B) The Commission shall publish the final voter lists on its website and through any other means specified in the executive instructions and shall provide every head of elections with the final voter lists for his/her district.