Where Will I Vote? How to Query the E-State Voter Registration?

The Circular on the Duties and Powers of the Balloting Boards of the YSK in the Official Gazette
YSK ballot box

The voter inquiry screen was opened to access via e-state YSK. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, with his signature on March 10, 2023, decided to hold the 2023 elections on May 14. Voter High School has been suspended and citizens can complete their transactions until April 2, 2023. Citizens are looking for an answer to the question of where I will vote through the voter registration. Objection time has been given for the voter list. Citizens can learn in which district they will vote through the “Domestic Voter Registration Inquiry”.

How to make a voter registration inquiry?

Voter registration inquiries can be made via both YSK and e-Government. Voters residing in the country will be able to view the information of themselves, their relatives living in the same household and voters living in the same building during the suspension period. After the suspension period, he or his relatives living in the same household will be able to inquire about the ballot box information.

YSK voter registration inquiry screen

To query the voter registration, you need to enter your TR ID number on the YSK website. On the page that opens, your information and the information of those registered to your household are displayed.

e-Government voter registration inquiry

To query the voter registration, go to the e-Government Gateway website and click on the "Log In" link.

Then, you can access the system by typing Domestic Voter Registration Inquiry into the search box on the main page.

You can log in to the system by clicking on the Authentication Method and following the instructions on the screen.

After accessing the system, your information in the domestic electoral roll will appear on the screen that opens.

In addition, the information about the place where you will vote during the election periods is displayed on this page by the Supreme Election Board.

Have the voter lists been suspended?

According to the calendar for the Presidential Election to be held on 14 May and the 28th Term Parliamentary Election, the mukhtar district hanger lists and the hanger lists of detainees and convicts of negligent crimes will be suspended by the district election boards as of 08.00:XNUMX today, and the appeal process will begin.

How to vote in the earthquake zone?

Those who live in the earthquake zone and have not changed their address yet will be able to perform these transactions between 20 March 2023 and 2 April 2023, the date of suspension of the mukhtar's hanger lists.

Frequently asked questions about voting in the elections and their answers are as follows:

Where will the mukhtar's hanger lists be posted in the earthquake-affected areas?
Due to the earthquakes that took place on February 06, 2023, where the hanger lists of the mukhtars' district are hanged in places that are considered to be disaster areas affecting the general life will be announced to the citizens by the presidency of the district election board, using all kinds of broadcasting tools, within the suspension period (20 March 2023 - 2 April 2023).

I moved from the city where I live because of the earthquake. How can I vote at my new address?
Your address changes at the civil registry offices, including the date of 17 March 2023, are reflected in the electoral rolls without the need for any further action. In the address notifications to be made from now on, there is an inaccuracy or deficiency in the suspension lists of the mukhtar district, which is registered in places considered as disaster areas due to the earthquakes that took place on 06 February 2023, but has been suspended, or there is a change in population event information, or the suspension period (20 March 2023 – 2 Persons who have changed their residential address in April 2023) and whose names are not on the hanger lists of the mukhtar district despite having the qualification of voters, personally or those listed in Article 5490 of the Law No. and the approved address declaration form, if any, together with its annexes, to the Presidency of the District Election Board.

I was assigned to the earthquake zone. How can I vote at my post?
Those who are transferred or temporarily assigned to places considered as disaster areas effective in general life due to the earthquakes that occurred on 06 February 2023 from another settlement during the suspension period, within the suspension period (20 March 2023 – 2 April 2023), together with the relevant assignment or assignment document. They must apply to the population directorate and submit the signed and approved address declaration form regarding the address registered by the population directorate, together with its annexes, to the district election board without seeking any other document.

Tent city/container/dormitory etc. due to earthquake. I am a temporary resident. Can I vote where I am?
Due to the earthquakes that took place on February 06, 2023, registered in places that are considered as disaster areas affecting the general life, having the qualification of voters and specified as "Other Address" pursuant to Article 7 of the Address Registration System Implementation Directive (boarding school, student dormitory, nursing home). Those who want to stay in places (such as caravans, tents, prefabricated houses, sports halls, dormitories, social and educational facilities) and cast their votes at the address of the place of residence, together with the documents they will receive regarding their stay within the suspension period (20 March 2023 – 2 April 2023) They apply in person to the relevant population directorates to which they are affiliated and must submit a copy of the signed and approved address declaration form regarding the registered address and its annexes to the chairmanship of the district election board.

How will voter information sheets be distributed in the earthquake zone?
In cases where it is not possible to distribute the voter information sheets to the voters in places that are considered as disaster areas due to the earthquakes that took place on 06 February 2023, the citizens are announced by using all kinds of broadcasting tools.

Can I vote in a place other than where my address is registered (at a summer residence, in a village, on holiday, etc.)?
Voters are obliged to cast their votes at the address of the settlement where they have declared their permanent residence to the population directorate. Voters who do not change their address within the suspension period cannot cast their votes outside the ballot box they are registered to.

Registrations made by taking the other address (second address) statement by the population directorates are not sufficient for registration. Voters who want to vote at their other address must register their other address as their residential address by applying to the civil registry offices.

How do those who are discharged from the military register to vote with a discharge certificate?
As of the voting day, information about the enlisted privates and non-commissioned officers is obtained from the General Directorate of Recruitment of the Ministry of National Defense, and information about military students and reserve officer students is obtained from the General Directorate of Personnel of the Ministry of National Defense and their records in the electoral roll are frozen. If there are those whose registrations have been frozen due to their military service and will be discharged as of the voting day, their registrations will be made "Can Vote".

Turkish citizens who were discharged from the military or assigned to the rank of second lieutenant as of the voting day, but were not registered in the suspension list due to being in the army, and whose registrations were frozen for the same reason, must submit a discharge certificate or a document given by the military service branch within the suspension period in order to be included in the lists or to make their electoral status eligible to vote, or they can apply to the relevant district election board presidency, provided that the duty document is submitted.

Is it possible to vote with a temporary identity document?
Votes can be cast with the temporary identity document obtained from the population directorates.