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Article 83
 

(1) Romanian citizens domiciled or residing in Romania who, on the day of the vote, are in the country, can exercise their right to vote in the polling stations set up in Romania based on one of the following ID documents, valid on the day of the vote:


a) ID card;
b) electronic ID card;
c) temporary ID card;
d) ID bulletin;
e) diplomatic passport;
f) electronic diplomatic passport;
g) service passport;
h) electronic service passport;
i) military service book, in the case of students of military schools.


(2) Romanian citizens domiciled in Romania, but registered in the Electoral Register with their residential address abroad, can exercise their right to vote in the polling stations set up abroad, based on one of the following ID documents, valid on the day of the vote, accompanied by an official document issued by the foreign State concerning the choice of residence:


a) ID card;
b) electronic ID card;
c) temporary ID card;
d) ID bulletin;
e) diplomatic passport; 
f) electronic diplomatic passport;
g) service passport;
h) electronic service passport;
i) regular passport;
j) electronic regular passport;
k) temporary regular passport.


(3) Romanian citizens domiciled abroad can exercise their right to vote in the polling stations set up abroad, according to this law, based on one of the following ID documents, valid on the day of the vote:


a) regular passport, while mentioning the country of domicile;
b) temporary regular passport, while mentioning the country of domicile;
c) electronic regular passport, while mentioning the country of domicile.


(4) We understand by residence abroad the address abroad at which the natural person declares to have his/her secondary home, other than his/her domicile and where (s)he has the legal right to stay for more than 90 days. The documents proving the residence abroad shall be established by the minister of Foreign Affairs, by order.


(5) Militaries, policemen and the Romanian civil personnel of the institutions pertaining to the defence, public order and national security systems deployed abroad can exercise their right to vote at any polling station set up in the country where they are conducting their mission. They shall be enlisted on the additional electoral list by the president of the electoral bureau of the polling station and shall vote based on their service passport.