§ Article 2Main Definitions of this Law

1. “Elections to the European Parliament (or elections)” means elections of members of the European Parliament to the seats allocated for the Republic of Lithuania, in which members of the European Parliament are elected in general, equal, free, direct elections by secret ballot.
2. “Citizen of the Member State of the European Union” means a citizen of any Member State of the European Union.
3. “Citizen of any other Member State of the European Union” means a citizen of any other Member State of the European Union, except the Republic of Lithuania.
4. “Preferential voting” means voting when voters may also express their will concerning the order of preference of the candidates from the list of candidates, while voting for such list.
5. “Home Member State” means the Member State of the European Union, of which a citizen of the Member State of the European Union is a national.
6. “Member State of residence” means a Member State of the European Union in which a citizen of the Member State of the European Union lawfully resides but of which he is not a national.
7. “Electoral roll” means the official register of all voters entitled to vote, drawn up and kept up to date under this Law, and in conformity with which electoral rolls of polling districts are printed.
8. “Reference day” means the day on which persons who satisfy the requirements for voting in elections to the European Parliament are entered on a preliminary electoral roll and may stand as candidates in elections to the European Parliament (hereinafter referred to as “candidates”).
9. “Measures to prevent double-voting (double-candidacy)” means a set of measures ensuring that at the same elections to the European Parliament a vote may vote or stand as a candidate only in one Member State of the European Union.