(1) Voters domiciled or residing abroad, wishing to exercise their right to postal voting in the general elections for the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, must register in the Electoral Register with their option for the postal voting, based on a written application, dated and signed, filed personally or sent by post, including by email, to the diplomatic mission or consular office in the State of their domicile or residence, to which they enclose a copy of their passport while mentioning their State of domicile, for the Romanian citizens domiciled abroad, respectively a copy of their ID document and a copy of the document proving their right of residence, issued by the foreign authorities, according to Article 83 (4) of Law no. 208/2015 on the election of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, as well as on the organisation and functioning of the Permanent Electoral Authority, for the Romanian citizens residing abroad.
(2) The model of the application referred to in paragraph (1) shall be set out by decree of the Permanent Electoral Authority.
(3) The application referred to in paragraph (1) shall contain the following mandatory elements:
a) first and last names, as well as the last name prior to marriage;
b) personal identification number;
c) all the elements necessary for the identification of the domicile or residential address, where appropriate;
d) postal code of the domicile or residential address, where appropriate;
e) email address;
f) date;
g) applicant’s hand signature.
(4) The period for the voter’s registration in the Electoral Register with his/her option for postal voting in the general elections for the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies is the one referred to in Article 42 (2) of Law no. 208/2015.
(5) The ID documents referred to in paragraph (1) must be valid, in accordance with the law.
(6) The registration in the Electoral Register with the option for postal voting does not depend on the prior registration in the Electoral Register, referred to in Article 42 (2) of Law no. 208/2015.
