Voting method

Law on Elections to the Seimas No I-2721 (1992, last amended in 2016)

Article 27. Electoral rolls of One-Member Constituencies

The electoral roll of a constituency in the magnetic media shall be made by the Central Electoral Commission according to the electoral roll of the Republic of Lithuania and the place of residence of a voter indicated therein (the most recent known place of residence), and shall be delivered to the constituency electoral committee at least 39 days before the election. Electoral rolls of voters residing abroad shall be also drawn up and shall be delivered to diplomatic missions and consular posts of the Republic of Lithuania. A list of citizens whose place of residence is unknown shall be also compiled.

Article 31. Delivery of the Voter Certificate

1. The delivery of voter certificates to voters shall be organized by the polling district committee.

2. Articles 70, 71, 72, and 73 of this Law shall lay down the procedure for delivering voter certificates to voters who are in healthcare institutions (except outpatient healthcare institutions), social care and guardianship institutions, military units, arrest houses, remand prisons (detention facilities) and penal institutions, as well as to those gone abroad.

Article 67. Postal Voting

1. Postal voting shall be possible for voters who are in institutions of healthcare (with the exception of outpatient healthcare institutions), social care or guardianship because of their health condition or age, or who perform mandatory military service and therefore are unable to come to a polling district to vote, or who perform active military service, civil service or work under the employment contract in international military operations abroad, or who serve arrest or imprisonment sentence. Postal voting shall be possible at post offices set specially for postal voting (hereinafter referred to as “special post offices”) during their business hours on a last Wednesday, Thursday or Friday before an election day. Postal voting in military units located abroad shall be conducted in accordance with the procedure laid down by the Central Electoral Commission on the recommendation of the Ministry of National Defense. Expenses related to postal voting shall be covered with the funds of the State Budget.

2. The head of the post office shall be responsible for the organization of postal voting. The chairman of the electoral committee of the polling district within the territory, of which a post office is situated, shall be responsible for the organization of the supervision of the work of that post office during postal voting. He shall, in conjunction with the chairmen of other polling district committees whom the constituency electoral committee has assigned with such a task, organize members’ of electoral committees participation during voting in special post offices. Commanders of the military units located abroad shall be responsible for organization of postal voting in those units.

Law on Presidential Elections No I-28 (1992, last amended in 2013)

​Article 25. Electoral Rolls of Municipalities

The electoral roll of a municipality shall be drawn up in the electronic information media by the Central Electoral Commission according to the electoral roll of the Republic of Lithuania and the place of residence of a voter (the last known place of residence of a voter) indicated therein, and shall be delivered to the municipal electoral committee at least 39 days before the elections. Electoral rolls of voters residing abroad shall be also drawn up and shall be delivered to diplomatic missions and consular posts of the Republic of Lithuania. Furthermore, lists of voters whose place of residence is unknown shall be drawn up.

Law on Referendum No IX-929

​Article 35. City, Regional Electoral rolls

The Central Electoral Committee shall compile a city, regional electoral roll in electronic information media according to the Republic of Lithuania Electoral roll and the citizen’s place of residence (the citizen’s last known place of residence indicated therein) and with at least 29 days remaining prior to the day of voting in a referendum, shall transfer it to the city, regional referendum committee. At the same time the electoral rolls shall be compiled of citizens who reside abroad and transferred to the diplomatic missions and consular posts of the Republic of Lithuania. Lists of citizens, whose exact address of the place of residence is unknown, shall also be compiled.