(4) The head of a Gu/Si/Gun shall, upon preparing the official list of eligible voters, immediately send an electronic copy thereof to the competent Gu/Si/Gun election commission. <Amended on Feb. 12, 2009; Apr. 6, 2018> (5) Where the number of eligible voters in a voting district exceeds 1,000, the official list of eligible voters may be divided into fascicles in means that each fascicle can contain approximately the same number of eligible voters. (6) The official list of eligible voters as provided for in paragraph (1) may be prepared through a computer system. <Amended on Aug. 4, 2005> (7) In order to support the preparation of the official list of eligible voters under paragraph (1), the Minister of the Interior and Safety may process resident registration numbers prescribed in Article 7-2 (1) of the Resident Registration Act, alien registration numbers prescribed in Article 31 (5) of the Immigration Act, and report numbers of the domestic place of residence prescribed in Article 7 (1) of the Act on the Immigration and Legal Status of Overseas Koreans, and may provide the results to the head, etc. of a Gu/Si/Gun. In such cases, the Minister of the Interior and Safety may request necessary data from the head of a relevant administrative agency or the head of any other public institution, and upon receipt of such request, he or she shall comply therewith, unless there is a compelling reason not to do so. <Newly Inserted on Jan. 21, 2022> (8) The form of the official list of eligible voters and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by the National Election Commission Regulations. <Amended on Jan. 21, 2022> Article 38 (Reporting of Home Voting or Shipboard Voting) (1) Any person who is qualified for the enrollment in the official list of eligible voters and resides in the Republic of Korea but who falls under any subparagraph of paragraph (4) 1 through 5 (excluding foreigners defined under Article 15 (2) 3) may file a report in writing with the head of the competent Gu/Si/Gun (hereinafter referred to as “home voting report”) during the period for the preparation of the official list of eligible voters. In such cases, a home voting report shall be dispatched by registered mail, and the postal charges therefor shall be borne by the State or the competent local government. <Amended on Feb. 12, 2009; Jan. 17, 2014> (2) A seafarer who is qualified for the enrollment in the official list of eligible voters for a presidential election or a National Assembly election held at the expiration of the terms of office of the members of the National Assembly but is unable to vote at an early voting polling station or a regular polling station because he or she is scheduled to be or is on board any of the following ships, he or she may file a report in writing [including where a seafarer on board files a report via facsimile (including electronic methods; hereinafter the same shall apply) in the relevant ship] with the head of the competent Gu/Si/Gun during the period for preparation of the official list of eligible voters (hereinafter referred to as “shipboard voting report”). In such cases, the latter part of paragraph (1) shall apply mutatis mutandis where a shipboard voting report is filed via mail: <Newly Inserted on Feb. 29, 2012; Mar. 23, 2013; Jan. 17, 2014; Aug. 13, 2015;