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Electoral roll
(1) Electoral rolls are documents, authenticated by the Central Electoral Commission,
and comprise all citizens entitled to vote who have their domicile or temporary residence in
the territory of a polling station. Voters may only be registered in one electoral roll and at one
polling station. Voters who also have their domicile and residence shall, during the period of
validity of the temporary residence, be included in the electoral roll at the polling station in
whose jurisdiction he/she has his/her temporary residence. The rules on the establishment,
administration, dissemination and updating of electoral rolls shall be approved by the Central
Electoral Commission.
(2) The basic electoral roll shall contain the following data:
a) name and date of the election;
b) town, polling station number and constituency number;
c) name and surname, year of birth of voter;
d) domicile/temporary residence of the voter;
e) State Identification Number (IDNP), where applicable, serial number and ID
number;
f) heading ‘Note’;
g) headings intended for signature by the member of the electoral bureau and voter.
(3) Electoral rolls are drawn up by polling stations based on the information in the State
Registry of Voters. The list of a polling station is in alphabetical order by name, name of voters,
or street name, house/block number in increasing order, name and surname of voters. The
assignment of voters at polling stations shall be carried out by local public authorities’
registrars, authorised to do so, in accordance with the procedure laid down in the Regulation
on the State Registry of Voters.
(4) For persons serving military service, electoral rolls shall be drawn up based on the
data submitted by the commanders of the respective military units. Military personnel
registered outside military units, as well as members of their families, shall be entered on the
electoral roll at home.
(5) For polling stations set up in sanatoria and rest houses, hospitals and other
stationary curative establishments, electoral rolls shall be drawn up based on their own
declaration of residence or the data submitted by the directors of those establishments.
(6) For polling stations established outside the Republic of Moldova, electoral rolls shall
be drawn up in accordance with the procedure laid down in the Regulation on the
establishment, administration, dissemination and updating of electoral rolls, approved by the
Central Electoral Commission.
(7) If the voter changes his/her domicile or if he/she is not on the election day at home
or temporary residence, the electoral office of the polling station where the voter is included in
the basic electoral roll shall, at his/her request and based on the identity document accepted
for participation in voting, issue a voting certificate. The voter shall acknowledge receipt of the
voting certificate by signing in a special register kept by the electoral bureau. The mention
about the voting certificate shall be made by the electoral bureau in the heading ‘Note’, where
the date of issue, the number of the voting certificate and the name of the member of the
electoral bureau who issued it is indicated.
(8) Persons with the right to vote who, after their last participation in the elections, have
changed their domicile shall be entitled, no later than 30 days before the next parliamentary
elections, presidential elections or the Republican referendum, to declare their new domicile,
so that they are included on the voters’ list at the polling station corresponding to the domicile.
The procedure for declaring the domicile shall be laid down in a regulation approved by the
Central Electoral Commission.
(9) Electoral rolls shall be transmitted by the Central Electoral Commission to the local
public administration authorities at least 22 days before the election day in a copy, stamped
and with other protective signs on each page. The electoral roll shall be sent immediately to
the electoral bureau of the polling station to ensure its verification by voters, representatives
of electoral competitors/referendum participants and observers. Once the changes have been
made, at least 7 days before the election day, the lists shall be printed repeatedly and sent at
the latest together with the ballot papers, in 2 official stamped copies and other protective
signs on each page. A copy shall be sent for storage to the town hall via the electoral bureau.
(10) Changes to the electoral roll may be requested from the Central Electoral
Commission or the electoral bureau no later than 7 days before the election day. The electoral
bureau shall immediately communicate the requested amendments to the registrars of the
local public administration authorities, together with the supporting documents. The Registrar
shall check the data and, where appropriate, make the corresponding entries in the State
Registry of Voters.