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Voting Operations
VO003
Electors vote at
Question: Where can electors vote?
Answer(s):
a . At a specified polling station in the locality where they are registered at national elections c . At any polling station in the same country e . At mobile polling stations
Comments: The voters may vote at the polling station where they have their place of permanent residence or at a specially designated polling station. Voters who, on polling day, shall be in a locality other than that in which they are registered, can exercise their right to vote on the basis of their voters card at any polling station. There they will be registered on a special voter list by the electoral commission at the polling station.
Source: Electoral Law: Law No. 35 of 13 March 2008 for the election to the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, art. 8(1 & 4), 42(22-1).
https://www.legislationline.org/download/id/4224/file/ROM%20Election%20Laws_en.pdf
Verified: 2020/08/24
VO004
Voting outside the country is permitted for
Question: Who can vote from outside the country?
Answer(s):
b . Citizens residing outside the country c . Citizens outside the country (including those on vacation) d . Members of the armed forces e . Students f . Diplomatic staff
Comments:
Source: Electoral Law: Law No. 35 of 13 March 2008 for the election to the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, art. 8(2&3).
Verified: 2014/10/29
VO005
Locations for voting outside of the country
Question: If voting outside the country is permitted, at what places?
Answer(s):
a . Embassies b . Consulates c . Special polling stations
Comments: Art 18(8) Besides the diplomatic missions and consular offices of Romania,
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall organise one or more polling stations
for the electors with the domicile or residence outside the country. Besides
these polling stations, they may also organise, with the consent of the
government in the respective country, polling stations in other localities than
those in which the diplomatic missions or consular offices have their
premises. The electors having the domicile or residence in a state other than
Romania shall exercise their right to vote at one of the polling stations in
the country where they have the domicile or residence, set up under the
terms of the present title. The residence abroad is proved by any document
issued by the foreign authorities.*
(10) Romanian citizens with the domicile or residence in a state in which
there are no diplomatic missions or consular offices of Romania, and
where there is no possibility to organise a polling station, may express their
right to vote in any of the polling stations organised in the states being part
of the same uninominal college.**
Source: Electoral Law: Law No. 35 of 13 March 2008 for the election to the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, art. 18(8 & 10).
https://www.legislationline.org/download/id/4224/file/ROM%20Election%20Laws_en.pdf
Verified: 2020/08/24
VO011
Voting method
Question: How do electors cast their votes?
Answer(s):
a . Manually marking of ballots
Comments: a.) Using a stapm bearing the word voted "Voted".
Source: Electoral Law: Law No. 35 of 13 March 2008 for the election to the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, art. 42(6)
https://www.legislationline.org/download/id/4224/file/ROM%20Election%20Laws_en.pdf
Verified: 2020/08/24
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