The voter rolls are the lists of all the people who can vote in an election and have the valid domicile or residence in the area close to a polling place. The voters can be put on one roll and can vote at one polling place only. The persons who want to see if they were included in the electoral list can go to the electoral office of the polling place where they voted in the last elections with the identity card and an employee of the office will provide them with the rolls. The voters can also see if other members of the family were put on the list. The identity cards of the relatives need to be presented for the purpose.
From February 3 until February 22, the electoral offices of polling places work daily between 8am and 5pm, including on Saturday and Sunday, while on February 23 until 6pm. If the voters, when examining the lists, see that they weren’t included or their personal data or the data of other persons were written incorrectly, they can ask to correct the mistake. The applications are examined by the electoral bodies within 24 hours and their decisions can be challenged in court.
The voters can ask to be put on another electoral list if they bought a home elsewhere, even if they didn’t manage to register this in the identity card. To be put on another list, they must present a document showing that they really own the house to the electoral body.
The voter rolls can be modified on the day prior to the election day at the latest, by 6pm. The electoral office immediately informs the Central Election Commission about the made changes by attaching confirming documents, such as the voter’s application and declaration and the copy of the identity card.
The voters can also check online if they were put on the rolls by accessing the website of the Central Election Commission in the division Check up on “State Register of Voters”. They should write the identification number that consists of 13 digits in the indicated empty space. Here, the voters can also find out at what polling place they can vote and what the number of the uninominal constituency of which they form part is. The people who do not have access to the Internet can obtain information from the CEC’s Call Center on (022) 88-01-01.
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The IPN division “Elections in plain words” is designed to explain notions, terms and practices related to the parliamentary elections based on the mixed electoral system and the consultative referendum that will take place on February 24, 2019.
