How is the national electoral register created?

Malta

Answer

Extracted from a population/civil registry

Source

Malta, Electoral Commission, General Elections Act (27.09.1991; last amended on 25.01.2022), accessed 29 March 2022

Articles 19-20

OSCE/ODIHR, Malta Parliamentary Elections 26 March 2022, NEEDS ASSESSMENT MISSION REPORT

28 February - 4 March 2022, accessed 29 March 2022

“Voter registration is passive. Identity Malta, the agency responsible for the issuance of identification cards, manages public registration data as derived from the public registries of Malta and Gozo, and submits this data on a monthly basis to the Electoral Commission to update the voter register.”