The Electoral Commissioner announces that, based on Article 65B of the Law on the Election of Members of Parliament, for the election of members of the House of Representatives, which will be held on May 30, 2021, the voters who are confirmed cases of coronavirus COVID-19, based on the data kept at the Ministry of Health, and which on the voting day will be in restriction, according to the current Decree of the Minister of Health, which is issued on the basis of the Infection Law, as a result of which they can not go to In order to exercise their right to vote, they may, if they so wish, apply electronically to the General Electoral Commissioner to register on a temporary special electoral roll, in order to exercise their right to vote at their place of usual residence or place of residence. their hospitalization. It is noted that the address of usual residence is the one that has been declared by the citizens themselves in the Population Archive and on the basis of which they are distributed in polling stations.
The application for registration in this special electoral list will be made on the website of the Ministry of Interior, at aps.Elections.soft.gov.cy which has been activated today. In order for the application to be accepted, there must be a confirmation that the voter who submitted it is a confirmed case of coronavirus COVID-19, through the data kept for this purpose at the Ministry of Health. The possibility of registration in the special electoral list will be valid from Monday, 17.05.2021, until Friday, 28.05.2021, at 06.00 pm. For the purpose of protecting the personal data of the voters registered in the special electoral register, it will not be published.
The voters who will be registered in the special electoral list, will vote in special mobile polling stations, which will be staffed by two employees and members of the Cyprus Police. At a later time, the General Electoral Commissioner will issue a new announcement, which will explain the way of voting, for those who will be registered in this special electoral list.
For any questions / clarifications regarding the application process, the public can contact the number 22 867879, Monday to Friday from 08:00 am. until 07:00 p.m. and on the weekend from 08:00 a.m. until 01:00 p.m.