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

dr. Iurie CIOCAN,
Central Electoral Commission Secretary, Republic of Moldova
Implementation of the State electronic register of voters
Dear colleagues, good afternoon!
I will speak about the use of information systems in the preparation and conduct
of elections and referenda, and particularly on the compilation, verification, and
use of voter lists. Our experience and the experience of our colleagues from other
states brought us to the conclusion that the accuracy of voter lists is the basic element
that creates or destroys public confidence in election results in general. One
of the main issues that was raised in public debates after the parliamentary elections
of April 5, 2009, was related to the quality of voter lists. The Central Electoral
Commission, as the supreme body for organizing and holding elections, has
made continuous efforts this year to verify all information that was submitted to
the Central Electoral Commission with regard to the quality of the lists of April 5.
Many facts were true, in particular those related to the quality of the lists. It was
found that in many listed localities, the mayors, who are directly responsible for
compiling the voter lists, did not include the citizens’ identity document numbers
in these lists, which raised some confusion, already after the election. It is normal
to learn from this kind of lessons, which the CEC has been doing this year.
We redirected our activity from a classic system of compilation to an electronic
one. According to the system applied in the past 15 to 18 years in Moldova, the
lists are drawn up by local public administration bodies. Later, 20 days before
election day, they are submitted to precinct electoral bureaus, but the electoral
period in Moldova lasts 60 days. In the first 40 days, when being compiled, these