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Electoral Code of the Republic of Moldova

Article 38¹  State Registry of Voters

38¹.1 The State Registry of Voters is a single integrated informational system which keeps records of the voters from the Republic of Moldova. The Registry is designed to collect, keep, update and analyse data about citizens of the Republic of Moldova who have reached the age of 18 years and do not have legal impediments to vote. The creation, management, amendment and update of the State Registry of Voters is conducted based on a Decision by the Central Electoral Commission.

38¹.2 The Central Electoral Commission creates lists of voters based on the State Registry of Voters. This Registry of Voters is created using the State Registry of Population, the managing authority, which offers free access to the Commission each year, on the 31 January the latest, as well periodically. This access occurs when elections take place. With the announcement of the date of elections, the necessary data and information will be used to create and update the State Registry of Voters.

Article 39. Lists of voters

(1) The lists of voters, created on the basis of the State Registry of Voters, are lists which include all citizens who hold the right to vote who have the domicile or residence on the territory of one polling station. The voter may be included in only one list of voters and at only one polling station. The voter who has both domicile and residence is registered during the validity of the residence in the list of voters from the polling station of the respective residence. The Regulation on the creation, management, distribution and update of the lists of voters is approved by the Central Electoral Commission. […]

(7) If the voter changes his/her domicile or residence during the period after the drafting of the lists of voters and before the date of elections, the electoral bureau of the polling station of the previous domicile, subject to request from the voter and on the basis of the identity document accepted for voting, issues the latter a certificate confirming the right to vote. The voter who received a certificate confirming the right to vote confirms its receipt via a signature in the list of voters at the row with his/her name at the column “Notes”. The certificate notes will include the date of issuance, the number of the certificate confirming the right to vote, and the name of the member of the electoral bureau who issued the certificate.

(8) Persons holding the right to vote who have changed their place of residence after the last elections have the right 30 days before the next elections at the latest to declare their new place of residence to the local public administration authority. These persons will subsequently be included in the lists of voters of the polling station of the place of residence. The appropriate local public administration authorities will deliver without delay the respective information to the Central Electoral Commission.

(9) The lists of voters are sent by the Central Electoral Commission to the local public administration authorities/diplomatic missions or consular offices the latest 22 days before the day of elections, in 3 official copies, stamped and with other signs of authenticity on each page. Two copies of the lists are sent immediately to the elections bureau of the polling station, whilst one copy is kept at the town hall/diplomatic mission or consular office.

(10) Amendments to the lists of voters may be requested by voters from the Central Electoral Commission or the election bureau at the latest the day before the day of election. The elections bureau communicates immediately to the Central Electoral Commission the requested amendments, attaching documents which support the request: application and statement of the voter and a copy of identity documents.

Article 40. Revision of the lists of voters

(1) Voters’ lists will be made available on the premises of the polling stations, as well as on the website of the Central Electoral Commission 20 days before the elections. A copy of the list shall be kept at the mayoralty (city hall). Voters shall be notified, via any available communication means (mass media, phone, poster, internet), not later than twenty days prior to elections, about the location of the polling station where they can vote.

(2) Citizens shall be provided with an opportunity to become familiar with the voter lists and to scrutinise the accuracy of the lists. They have the right to submit a complaint against their names being omitted or excluded from the list, as well as errors in personal data in the list, at latest on the day preceding the Election Day.

The complaints are examined by respective election administration bodies within 24 hours and their decisions may be appealed in a court of law by interested parties according to established procedure if their request to amend the list or include their name has been refused.

(3) The Central Electoral Commission develops and adopts the procedures on preparation, verification and update of the voters’ lists, clearly regulating the issues on: transmitting the voters’ lists to electoral bureaus; including/excluding voters by the members of the precinct electoral bureaus; subsequent presentation of the final voters’ lists, and other necessary issues.

European Network of Election Monitoring Organizations Report, Presidential Elections, 2016

“From 10 May to 19 September 2016, voters residing abroad had the possibility to register online for  voting  outside  of  the  country  using  the  application  “Preliminary  Registration”.  Within the provided period for registration, 3,570 of citizens of the Republic of Moldova used this option for registering.”

OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission Final Report, Presidential Elections, 2016

“Voter lists were made available to voters to verify their individual data at polling stations and on the CEC website from 20 days before election day for the first round as well as between the two rounds. […]

Supplementary voter lists were compiled by PEBs on election day during the two rounds. In the first round, 117,128 voters were added. In the second round, the number increased to 209,438. Supplementary lists were used to include voters omitted from regular voter lists, but registered within the precinct, voters using absentee voting certificates, military conscripts, voters at polling stations outside the country (except for diplomatic personnel on the regular voters lists), voters from the territory controlled by the Transdniestrian de facto authorities, and those in prisons, detentioncentres, and medical institutions, provided they have documents to prove their identity.”

In 2016 elections, voters residing abroad were able to register online for  voting  outside  of  the  country  using  the  application  “Preliminary  Registration”.  3,570 of citizens of the Republic of Moldova used this option for registering.