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NOILE TEHNOLOGII ÎN FORMAREA ŞI UTILIZAREA LISTELOR ELECTORALE. EVOLUŢII ŞI PERSPECTIVE 51
the period of validity of residence, in the voter list belonging to the polling station
in whose territorial area they reside.
If the voter changes residence in the period between the voter lists compilation
date and election day, the polling office, upon voter’s request and based on the
ID card, passport or other identification document, shall issue an absentee certificate.
The voter who has received the absentee certificate shall sign in the voter
list against their name acknowledging its receipt.
Voter lists are made public 20 days before Election Day. A copy of the list is kept at
the mayor’s office, and the other copy is permanently kept in the premises of the
polling station. Voters shall be notified no later than 20 days before Election Day
about the location (address, building) of the polling station where they will vote.
Voters are provided the opportunity to see the voter lists and verify the correctness
of their contents. They have the right to make complaints against their noninclusion
or exclusion from the list and against other data entry errors committed
against themselves or other voters not later than 5 days before the election.
The competent electoral bodies examine such complaints within 24 hours, and
their decisions can be challenged in court, according to the established procedure,
in case they have received a refusal to correct the data or include them in the list.
In fact, these provisions guarantee the authenticity of the voter lists, as required
by the Code of Good Practices in Electoral Matters adopted by the European
Commission for Democracy through Law during the 52 nd plenary meeting (Venice,
18-19 October 2002, by observing the following criteria;
• Voter lists must be permanent;
• Voter lists must be updated at least once a year;
• There should be an administrative procedure - subject to judicial control - or
a judicial procedure that would allow to register a voter who was not previously
registered;
• There should be a similar procedure that would allow voters to correct incorrect
entries;
• And last but not least there should be guarantees for people entitled to vote
who have changed their homes or have attained the minimum age required
to be included in the voter list.