Voters’ Lists

(1) The Voters’ Lists represent documents authenticated by the Central Electoral Commission, that include all citizens eligible to vote who have their domicile or temporary residence on the territory of a polling station. Voter may be included only in one Voter’s List and in single polling station. The voter who has both domicile and residence address shall be included, during the period of validity of his/her temporary residence, on the Voter’s List corresponding to the polling station where he/she has his/her temporarily residence. The Regulation on the compilation, administration, spreading and updating of the Voters’ Lists shall be approved by the Central Electoral Commission.

(2) The basic Voter’s List shall contain the following data:

a) the name and date of the electoral event;

b) the locality, polling station number and number of the Electoral District;

c) surname and first name, year of birth of the voter;

d) domicile/temporary residence of the voter;

e) State identification number (IDNP), identity document series and number;

f) column ‘Note’;

g) columns for signature by the Precinct Electoral Bureau Member and voter.

(3) The Voters’ Lists shall be drawn up by polling station on the basis of the information from the State Register of Voters. The list of a polling station shall be ordered alphabetically, according to the surname, first name of the voters or in line with the street name, the house/block number, in growing order, the surname and the first name of the voters. The allocation of voters to the polling stations shall be done by the registrars from the local public administration authorities, authorised for that purpose, in accordance with the procedure laid down by the Regulation on the State Register of Voters, approved by the Central Electoral Commission.

(4) For persons performing military service, the Voters’ Lists shall be drawn up on the basis of data submitted by the commanders of the concerned military units. Soldiers who have their place of residence outside military premises and members of their families shall be entered on the Voters’ Lists of the home.

(5) For the polling stations created in health resorts, rest-homes, and in hospital facilities and other inpatient medical facilities, the Voters’ Lists shall be drawn up on the basis of the voters declaration on his/her place of stay or data submitted by the management of those institutions.

(6) For the polling stations established outside Moldova, the Voters’ Lists shall be drawn up in accordance with the procedure laid down in the Regulation on compilation, administration, spreading and updating of the Voters’ Lists, approved by the Central Electoral Commission.

(7) If the voter changes his/her place of residence or will not be present at his/her domicile or temporary place of residence during the Elections to the Parliament, for the position of President of the Republic of Moldova and Republican Referendum, the Precinct Electoral Bureau to which the voter is being allocated according to the basic Voter’s List, at the request of the voter and on the basis of the identity document, accepted for voting, shall issue him/her a certificate for the right to vote. The voter shall confirm the receipt of the certificate for the right to vote, by signing in a special register maintained by the Precinct Electoral Bureau. The reference on the issue of the certificate for the right to vote shall be made by the Precinct Electoral Bureau under the heading ‘Note’, which indicates the date of issue, the voting certificate number and the name of the member of the Precinct Electoral Bureau which issued it.

(8) Persons eligible to vote who, after the last participation in the elections, changed their place of residence are entitled, no later than 25 days before the next Parliamentary, Presidential Elections or Republican Referendum, to declare their new place of stay in order to be included on the Voters’ Lists of the polling station corresponding to that place of stay. The procedure for declaring a stay is laid down by the Regulation approved by the Central Electoral Commission.

(9) The Voter’s Lists shall be transmitted by the Central Electoral Commission to the local public administration authorities at least 22 days before the Elections Day, in a stamped copy, with the application of other protective marks on each page. The Voter’s List shall be forwarded immediately to the Precinct Electoral Bureau in order to ensure the verification by voters, representatives of the electoral competitors/participants in the referendum and observers. After making the changes, at least 7 days before the Elections Days, the lists shall be printed repeatedly and shall be forwarded at the latest simultaneously with the ballot papers, in 2 stamped copies, with the application of other protective marks on each page, one of which shall be sent for storage to the Mayors’ Office, through the Precinct Electoral Bureau.

(10) Modifications to the Voters’ Lists may be requested from the Central Electoral Commission or the Precinct Electoral Bureau at least 7 days before the Elections Days. The Precinct Electoral Bureau shall immediately notify the registrars of local public administration authorities on the requested changes, by attaching the supporting documents. The registrar shall verify the data and, where appropriate, carry out the corresponding marks in the State Register of Voters.

(11) For the second round, the same basic Voter’s Lists are being used. The Supplementary Voter’s Lists shall be drawn up separately for each round of elections.