Czech and Slovak Cultural Center

The Census Bureau workers will deliver the form packages between March 1 and April 30, 2010 to every household in the U.S.A. I would like to highlight, that the census form should be filled out by everyone regardless of immigration or citizenship status including foreigners temporarily staying in the U.S.A. and illegal immigrants. Title 13 section 221 of the U.S. Code requires that the Census Bureau keep respondent’s answers confidential and do not reveal any personal data about individuals or households to any federal agency including immigration authorities. In the context of the Census 2010 we would like to encourage everyone Slovak national or people with Slovak origin/roots to indicate “race” in question No. 9 of the census form by filling out “Slovak” in this space. It would eventually provide us with official demographic data about the Slovak population living in the United States. In this connection we created the Facebook page SLOVÁCI V USA…koľko nás tu je? to provide basic information about the Census 2010. The page provides essential information regarding the Census 2010 (direct link to http://2010.census.gov/2010census) emphasizing a possibility to indicate “race” (Slovak) in question No. 9 of the census form. More information on the Census 2010 could be found on the website:  http://2010.census.gov/2010census/how/interactive-form.php

The parliamentary election in Slovakia on June 12, 2010

The elections to the National Council of the Slovak Republic (Slovak Parliament) will be held on Saturday, June 12, 2010. A person has the right to vote in elections for the National Council of the Slovak Republic (Slovak Parliament) if he/she (an elector) is a citizen of the Slovak Republic (Slovak national) and is at least eighteen years old on polling day. A person is disqualified from exercising the right to vote if he/she is a subject to restrictions on personal freedom imposed by law for the protection of public health, or serving a prison sentence, or deprived of legal capacity.
According to law, an elector may vote outside the territory of Slovakia by mail at his/her own request. A postal vote may be cast by:
A) an elector who does not have permanent residence in Slovakia and who at his/her own request has been registered in the special electoral register maintained by the city borough of Bratislava-Petržalka, or
B) an elector with permanent residence in Slovakia who is outside its territory at the time of the elections and who makes a request to vote by post to the municipality in which he/she has permanent residence.

A) An elector who does not have permanent residence in Slovakia
A Slovak national who does not have permanent residence in Slovakia shall be registered in the special electoral register at his/her own request by post. The request must be received by the city borough of Bratislava-Petržalka not later than April 23, 2010, fifty days before polling day. A request shall be send to the city borough of Bratislava-Petržalka at his/her own expense on the following address:
Miestny úrad mestskej časti Bratislava-Petržalka
Organizačné oddelenie
Kutlíkova 17
852 12 Bratislava 5
Slovak Republic

The elector shall submit with the request:
1) an attestation in Slovak language that he/she does not have permanent residence in Slovakia, and
2) a photocopy of that part of a valid Slovak travel document which states personal information about him/her, or a photocopy of a certificate of his/her citizenship of the Slovak Republic.

The city borough of Bratislava-Petržalka will send to an eligible elector a ballot paper with detailed information how to carry out voting.
Detailed information (in Slovak) including the request for an elector who does not have permanent residence in Slovakia is on the official website of the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic: http://www.minv.sk/?volba-postou-1

B) An elector with permanent residence in Slovakia who is outside its territory at the time of the elections
An elector who has permanent residence in Slovakia and is outside its territory at the time of the elections may be registered at his/her own request to vote by post to the municipality in which he/she has permanent residence.
The application must be received by the Slovak local/municipal authorities by April 23, 2010. It will send to an elector a ballot paper with detailed information how to carry out voting.
Detailed information (in Slovak) including the request for the Slovak nationals with the permanent residency in Slovakia is on the official website of the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic: http://www.minv.sk/?volba-postou-2