Election type

Lithuania

Lithuania

Answer
  • Presidential
  • Legislative
  • Referendums
Source

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.

 

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.

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