§ Article 25General Procedure for Entering Citizens on the Electoral Roll of the Republic of Lithuania

1. All citizens of the Republic of Lithuania who have the right to vote, as well as the citizens of other Member States of the European Union, specified in paragraph 1 of Article 3 of this Law, shall be entered on the electoral roll of the Republic of Lithuania according to the data of issuance of the document (passport) certifying citizenship, and according to the population register of the Republic of Lithuania. The rolls drawn up according to the said data shall be preliminary electoral rolls.
2. Drawing up, updating and keeping of electoral rolls shall be organised by the Central Electoral Committee on the basis of the information furnished by State and municipal institutions and electoral committees of polling districts.
3. The following persons shall be removed from the electoral roll of the Republic of Lithuania:
1) a diseased citizen of the Republic of Lithuania or any other citizen of a Member State of the European Union, who permanently resided in Lithuania;
2) a person who has lost the citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania and does not have the citizenship of any other Member State of the European Union;
3) a citizen who permanently resides in Lithuania but who has lost the citizenship of a Member State of the European Union;
4) a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania who has confirmed that he will make use (or has made use) of the right to vote when electing the European Parliament for another member State of the European Union at these elections to the European Parliament, or a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania who on reasonable grounds (a notification has been received about his entry on the electoral roll or candidate list of another Member State of the European Union, he permanently resides in any other Member State of the European Union, etc.) is held that he will make use (or have made use) of the right to vote in these elections to the European Parliament, when electing the European Parliament for another Member State of the European Union, and who refuses to confirm or has not confirmed that he will make use of the right to vote when electing the European Parliament only for the Republic of Lithuania;
5) a citizen of a Member State of the European Union, permanently residing in Lithuania, who has refused to declare or has not declared that he will make use of the right to vote in these elections to the European Parliament, when electing the European Parliament only for the Republic of Lithuania, or that he has not been deprived of the right to vote in his home Member State;
6) a person who has been declared legally incompetent by the court.
4. The Central Electoral Committee shall establish the form of and procedure for presenting the information about the implementation of the requirements laid down in subparagraphs 4 and 5 of paragraph 3 of this Article.
5. At least 7 days in advance of the elections, updated preliminary electoral rolls acknowledged in the manner established by the Central Electoral Committee shall be approved as final electoral rolls. Changes in final electoral rolls may be made (because of the voter’s death, voting abroad, measures pertaining to the avoidance of double voting, upon the change of the voter’s address after the drawing-up of a roll, etc.) only in the manner prescribed by the Central Electoral Committee through the institution authorised to keep electoral rolls. A change in the final electoral roll shall be made upon the receipt of the consent of the chairman of the Central Electoral Committee or a member (members) of the Committee, authorised by him, regarding the changes in the electoral roll. The members of the Central Electoral Committee shall be immediately informed about the number of the changes in the final electoral roll.
6. In order to avoid double voting, the Central Electoral Committee of the Republic of Lithuania shall maintain relations with the institutions of other Member States of the European Union, holding elections to the European Parliament, and notify them about the entry or removal of the citizens of their States from the electoral roll of the Republic of Lithuania, and about the striking-off of the citizens of the Republic of Lithuania who will vote in any other Member State of the European Union, from the electoral roll of the Republic of Lithuania.