noile tehnologii în formarea şi utilizarea listelor electorale ... - Cec.md

Aleksandar NOVAKOVSKI,
President of State Electoral Commission
of the Republic of Macedonia
Existing situation and challenges with the voters list in the
Republic of Macedonia
According to the Election Code, the Voters list is a public instrument that registers
the citizens who have the right to vote. It is maintained at the entire territory of
the Republic of Macedonia and helps in the execution of elections and referendum
on state and local level in the Republic of Macedonia.
In other words, it is a frequent personal database for adult citizens of the Republic
of Macedonia who have a residence at the territory of the country as well as the
citizens who are temporarily working or residing abroad. The frequency includes
base of personal data changing on daily basis in terms of being amended with
persons who are becoming adults, deleting deceased persons or persons with
lost work ability, update of persons who have changed their place of residence or
other personal data of significance for execution of their right to vote etc.
The ongoing and additional update of the Voters list includes cooperation among
the state bodies in charge of personal data. That includes the Directorate for Registration
Records, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Basic courts, Directorate for Execution
of Sanctions and the Ministry of Defense. This cooperation is made by set
procedure and dynamics.
According to the amendments to the Election Code from 2008, the Voters list
which was under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Justice, from September 1,
2009 de jure passed under the jurisdiction of the State Election Commission. This