How is the national electoral register created?
Denmark
Answer
Extracted from a population/civil registry
Source
Denmark, Folketing (Parliamentary) Elections Act (Consolidated Act No. 1260 of 27 August 2020), accessed 18 March 2023
19.-(1) The electoral registers shall be prepared on the basis of information in the Civil Registration System (CPR).
(2) The electoral registers shall contain the name of the voters, birth dates and addresses, as well as serial number and a space for marking.
(3) The local council may decide that an electronic electoral register shall be used for one or more or all polling districts in the municipality.
(4) The Minister of Social Affairs and the Interior may lay down detailed rules for the preparation of the electoral registers and their design.
