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EAIElectoral Access Index

How accessible is the franchise under codified procedure?

Access35.7%10/28 · 25 datapoints · 7 dimensionsCompare across jurisdictions →

Dimensions

Administration100.0%
1/1 · 1 datapoint
Eligibility30.0%
2/5 · 3 datapoints
Identification40.0%
2/5 · 5 datapoints
Registration42.9%
3/7 · 6 datapoints
Roll Integrity0.0%
0/1 · 1 datapoint
Voter Assistance33.3%
1/3 · 3 datapoints
Voting Methods25.0%
2/6 · 6 datapoints

Administration

100.0% · 1/1
DatapointScoreRationale & evidenceSource
ADMIN.1Election administration independenceIs the election administration body's independence (appointment by multiple branches, fixed terms, balanced political composition) codified in statute or constitution?1/1100.0%

Lithuania's Central Electoral Commission is statutorily independent (§ 5 of the CEC Law) and renewed on a fixed cycle tied to Seimas elections (§ 7), with eligibility requirements (§ 6) modelled on Seimas-candidate qualifications.

The Seimas shall set up the Central Electoral Commission no later than 200 days and no earlier than 140 days after regular or early elections to the Seimas.
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2026-05-23

Eligibility

30.0% · 2/5
DatapointScoreRationale & evidenceSource
ELIG.1Age and residency in constitutionAre the minimum age and residency requirements for voting set in the constitution (rather than statute alone)?0.5/150.0%

Voter age (18) and citizenship are set in § 3 (EP Law) and § 2 (Seimas Election Law) and constitutionally in Articles 33-34 of the Lithuanian Constitution, which is outside the ingested election-law corpus.

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2026-05-23
ELIG.2Disqualification frameworkIf voters can be disqualified (felony, mental incompetence), are the criteria and the duration codified in statute, with a defined restoration procedure?1/333.3%

Lithuania's voter disqualification (persons declared legally incompetent by court) is codified in § 2 of the Seimas Election Law with judicial restoration; § 98 covers post-election Seimas-member loss-of-mandate for undisclosed KGB collaboration. Statutory with judicial restoration.

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2026-05-23
ELIG.3Restoration of voting rightsWhere rights are lost (e.g., post-felony), is the procedure for restoration codified, with statutory deadlines and automatic restoration where applicable?0/10.0%

No matching sections in corpus (FTS returned 0 candidates) — concept not codified in this jurisdiction's election statute.

no FTS match
2026-05-23

Identification

40.0% · 2/5
DatapointScoreRationale & evidenceSource
ID.1Statutory groundingIf ID is required at any point in voting, is the requirement set in statute rather than regulation? If no ID is required, is that explicit in statute?1/1100.0%

§ 52 of the Referendum Law (and parallel § 63, § 65 of the Seimas/EP Election Laws) codifies the voter-identification requirement in statute.

a voter shall present his voter certificate, passport or other document certifying his identity and citizenship
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2026-05-23
ID.2Enumerated acceptable IDsAre the acceptable ID forms exhaustively enumerated in statute, not left to administrator discretion?1/1100.0%

§ 34 codifies the documents used to identify voters and register them in the Voter List and Population Register — passport or personal identification card. § 52 enumerates polling-station documents (voter certificate, passport, or other document certifying identity and citizenship).

according to the information of a document certifying citizenship (passport or personal identification card)
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2026-05-23
ID.3Free alternative IDIf government-issued ID is required, is a free state-issued ID available by statute to anyone who lacks one?0/10.0%

No matching sections in corpus (FTS returned 0 candidates) — concept not codified in this jurisdiction's election statute.

no FTS match
2026-05-23
ID.4At-polls cure procedureIs the cure procedure for a voter who arrives without ID (provisional ballot, affidavit, return-with-ID, signature match) defined in statute?0/10.0%

No matching sections in corpus (FTS returned 0 candidates) — concept not codified in this jurisdiction's election statute.

no FTS match
2026-05-23
ID.5Rejection appeal procedureIs the appeal procedure for a rejected ID (or rejected provisional ballot due to ID) codified in statute?0/10.0%

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: FTS surfaced campaign-participant registration provisions; Lithuania's polling-station voter-ID requirement (§ 52) does not codify an appeal path for a rejected ID — a voter without valid identification cannot vote at that station.

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2026-05-23

Registration

42.9% · 3/7
DatapointScoreRationale & evidenceSource
REG.1Statutory registration deadlineIs the registration cutoff relative to election day defined by statute (not regulation or administrative directive)?1/1100.0%

Lithuania has automatic voter registration via the Population Register (§ 34) with statutory deadlines for voter-list updates (§ 31 final lists, § 32 updates, § 41 registration of voters abroad 15 days before voting). The cutoff is set by statute, not administrative directive.

at least 15 days before voting in the referendum, submit to the Central Electoral Committee the voter list
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2026-05-23
REG.2Enumerated registration methodsAre the available registration methods (in-person, mail, online, motor-voter, automatic, same-day where applicable) exhaustively enumerated in statute?0.5/150.0%

Lithuania uses a single automatic registration method — inclusion in the Voter List drawn from the Population Register on the basis of citizenship documents (§ 34) — so there are no multiple application-based methods to enumerate; § 41-43 cover voters abroad, in service and in care.

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2026-05-23
REG.3Cure procedure for incomplete registrationDoes statute define a cure procedure when a registration is rejected as incomplete?0/10.0%

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: FTS surfaced political-party registration provisions; Lithuania registers voters automatically from the Population Register (§ 34), so there is no incomplete-voter-registration cure procedure.

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2026-05-23
REG.4Rejection challenge rightIs the voter's right to challenge a rejected or removed registration codified in statute?0.5/150.0%

Voter lists are publicly accessible for inspection (§ 29) with inquiry telephones, and § 32 codifies corrections to voter lists; a discrete voter right to challenge a rejected voter registration isn't separately codified because registration is automatic.

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2026-05-23
REG.5Roll-maintenance criteria in statuteAre the criteria for removing voters from rolls (death, change of address, inactivity) defined in statute, not regulation?1/250.0%

§ 32 codifies the roll-maintenance criteria in statute — transfers between voter lists, additions and removals — driven by changes in the Population Register; statutory (level 1).

Preliminary voter lists shall be updated when transferring a voter from one voter list of a constituency or a polling district into another
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2026-05-23
REG.6Pre-purge notice & cure periodIs a statutory notice-and-opportunity-to-cure required before a voter is removed from the rolls?0/10.0%

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Lithuania's voter list is updated automatically from the Population Register (§ 32, § 34) — voters are added or removed on changes recorded in the Register; a discrete pre-removal notice-and-cure period for inactivity is not codified.

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2026-05-23

Roll Integrity

0.0% · 0/1
DatapointScoreRationale & evidenceSource
ROLL.1Voter-data security & breach notificationIs the data security regime for the voter registry (encryption requirements, breach notification, access logs) codified in statute?0/10.0%

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: FTS surfaced candidate-rights provisions; the data-security regime for the Voter List sits in the Population Register law and general data-protection law, outside this election-law corpus.

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2026-05-23

Voter Assistance

33.3% · 1/3
DatapointScoreRationale & evidenceSource
ASSIST.1Language assistance thresholdAre the triggers for language assistance (bilingual ballots, language-minority population thresholds) codified in statute?0/10.0%

No matching sections in corpus (FTS returned 0 candidates) — concept not codified in this jurisdiction's election statute.

no FTS match
2026-05-23
ASSIST.2Disability assistanceIs the right to be assisted in voting by a person of the voter's choosing — and the rules for who may assist — codified in statute?1/1100.0%

§ 5 of the Seimas Election Law codifies assisted voting — a voter who cannot cast a ballot personally due to physical disability may vote with the assistance of a person of their choosing.

A voter who because of his physical disability cannot cast a ballot himself, may vote with the assistance of another person whom he trusts
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2026-05-23
ASSIST.3Illiteracy assistanceIs assistance for voters who cannot read codified, with a defined procedure protecting ballot secrecy?0/10.0%

No matching sections in corpus (FTS returned 0 candidates) — concept not codified in this jurisdiction's election statute.

no FTS match
2026-05-23

Voting Methods

25.0% · 2/6
DatapointScoreRationale & evidenceSource
VM.1In-person polling-place hoursAre polling-place opening and closing hours set by statute (not local administrative discretion)?0.5/150.0%

§ 71 codifies special polling stations in medical-treatment and social-care facilities, and general polling-place hours are set in the parallel § 60/§ 67-style provisions; the surfaced sections cover the special-facility schedule rather than statutory general opening and closing hours.

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2026-05-23
VM.2Mail-in voting procedureIf mail-in voting is permitted, is the full procedure (application, deadline, return, signature verification, cure) codified in statute?1/1100.0%

Lithuania codifies postal voting — § 67 sets eligibility, application and the post-office collection window (5 days before the election), § 57/§ 59 govern ballot delivery, and § 72 the accounting and counting of postal envelopes and ballots.

Accounting of envelopes for voting by post and ballot papers shall be kept by the head of the post office
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2026-05-23
VM.3Absentee voting frameworkIs the absentee voting framework (eligibility, application, return, treatment) codified in statute?0/10.0%

No matching sections in corpus (FTS returned 0 candidates) — concept not codified in this jurisdiction's election statute.

no FTS match
2026-05-23
VM.4Early voting periodIf early in-person voting is permitted, is the early voting period and the locations rule set by statute?0/10.0%

No matching sections in corpus (FTS returned 0 candidates) — concept not codified in this jurisdiction's election statute.

no FTS match
2026-05-23
VM.5Drop-box procedureIf ballot drop-boxes are permitted, are placement, security, and chain-of-custody procedures defined in statute (not administrative directive)?0/10.0%

No matching sections in corpus (FTS returned 0 candidates) — concept not codified in this jurisdiction's election statute.

no FTS match
2026-05-23
VM.6Provisional ballot right & procedureIs the right to cast a provisional ballot, and the procedure for adjudicating it, codified in statute?0/10.0%

No matching sections in corpus (FTS returned 0 candidates) — concept not codified in this jurisdiction's election statute.

no FTS match
2026-05-23

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