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Conferinţa internaţională.
NOILE TEHNOLOGII ÎN FORMAREA ŞI UTILIZAREA LISTELOR ELECTORALE. EVOLUŢII ŞI PERSPECTIVE 53
Given that the number of voters included in supplementary lists in the parliamentary
elections of July 29, 2009, decreased compared to the April 5 parliamentary
elections (from 4.36% to 3.89%), and given the references made by the national
and international observers in their final reports on the activities pertaining to
voter lists, there is a positive trend in this respect.
It is clear that there still remain some reservations about the quality of voter lists,
on which the Central Election Commission will continue to work to remove the
shortcomings. For example, in order to continuously update the voter lists and
including the data from the supplementary lists in them, the Commission adopted
amendments to the Regulation on Organization and Functioning of the CEC
Archive, whereby stipulating that after elections or referendums the lists will be
submitted to the courts where they will be kept for six months, after which they
will be sent back to the mayor’s offices that have compiled them. In comparison
with the previous practice, when the lists were submitted to the court and after
six months were destroyed, this change will allow to operate the necessary corrections
in, will result in a considerable reduction of the number of voters included
in supplementary lists, and will improve the quality of voter lists compilation.
The modest experience accumulated by Moldova in this area requires a deeper
study of the international practice. At least for these reasons, the main task, or
rather, the main purpose in organizing and holding this international Conference
on “New technologies in compilation and use of voter lists. Evolutions and Perspectives”
is to analyze the actual situation in this area, to ascertain in more detail
the practice already acquired by our colleagues of the ACCEEO Member States,
so as towards the end of this important forum to come up with concrete suggestions
and proposals both on improving the legislation, and on implementing new
technologies in this very important area of the election process.
Dear colleagues!
It is obvious that with the growth of computerization of our society, the forms of
organizing and conducting elections and referenda are diversifying too. In the process
of electing the eligible public authorities, including by implementing electronic
processes, this is a modality of strengthening the society in a democratic state.
It is the international practice that shows that automating all the phases of the
electoral process allows for a substantial reduction of manual work and, impor-