Instructions Governing The Election Identity Card

Issued in accordance with Article 35 of the Law of Election to the House of Deputies No. 22 for the Year 1986 A.D.

Published in the Official Gazette, No. 3432, issued in Amman on Saturday, 29 Safar 1407 A.H., being 1 November 1986 A.D.

1. The Personal Election Card shall be issued by the Civil Registration Bureau in which the Citizen is registered in the Electoral List of his Constituency, and shall be valid for ten years of the date of its issue.
2. Information in the Card is identical to information in the Family Book and the electoral List.
3. The Citizen shall apply for obtaining the Card on the form prepared for this purpose and shall provide two photographs, one of which shall be pasted to the application form and the other to the Card which shall be stamped with the Bureau’s official stamp.
4. The Head of the Family or any of its members entitled to vote may apply for obtaining the Cards for members of his Family.
5. A notation shall be entered in the Electoral List indicating that the Citizen has obtained his Card.
6. A special register shall be opened in each Bureau in which the Cards are registered in seriated numerical order.
7. The Civil Status Bureaus shall be provided with a copy of the Electoral Lists for the Constituencies located in the area served by each Bureau.
Raja’i Dajani

Minister of Interior