III. Comments on the Text on the Draft Electoral Law 

D. Voter Lists

Problems were noted in the 2012 parliamentary elections where voters who would be away from their residence on election day requested to change their voting place to targeted single-mandate electoral districts.[1] The CEC passed a decision during the 2012 parliamentary elections to allow voter changes only within the single-mandate electoral district where the voter was registered. The OSCE/ODIHR recommended in its final report on the parliamentary elections that the electoral law should be amended to prevent temporary changes in voter registration where the change would allow the voter to vote outside of his or her current single-mandate district. Several amendments address this recommendation by allowing voters to make a temporary change to vote outside their single-mandate electoral district, but only allowing these voters to vote in the nationwide proportional representation election on election day.

[1] See OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission Final Report on the 28 October 2012 parliamentary elections, page 11.