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Article 25
 

Electoral rolls


1. For the organisation and conduct of elections, the following electoral rolls shall be compiled:


1) the electoral roll of the Republic of Lithuania;
2) single -member constituency electoral rolls; and
3) polling district electoral rolls.


2. Electoral rolls shall be drawn up two times - preliminary and final. These lists may be used only for the organisation and conduct of elections.


3. The procedure for compiling electoral rolls must be such that every citizen of the Republic of Lithuania who is eligible to vote is entered on electoral rolls. No one may be entered on an electoral roll more than once.


4. Repealed


5. The electoral roll of the Republic of Lithuania and single-member constituency electoral rolls shall be compiled and kept by the Central Electoral Commission together with the keeper of the Residents’ Register of the Republic of Lithuania by means of electronic communications. Electoral rolls of polling districts shall be printed. The procedure and form of drawing-up of electoral rolls, the method of drawing-up thereof and the manner of their use shall be determined by the Central Electoral Commission. The following data shall be used when drawing up electoral rolls:


1) in the electoral roll of the Republic of Lithuania: name, surname, personal number, date of birth, number of the personal document confirming the citizenship, the address of the place of residence and the grounds for the entry of the said address into the Residents’ Register;
2) in the single-member constituency electoral roll: name, surname, personal number, date of birth, the address of the place of residence and the grounds for the entry into the Residents’ Register;
3) in the polling district electoral roll: name, surname and the address of the place of residence. The addresses of the voters who have refused to consent that their addresses of the place of residence would be announced in the polling district electoral roll shall be indicated in the annex to the printed polling district electoral roll and in the poll card.


6. Each voter shall have the right to refuse to consent that the address of his place of residence would be publicly announced in the polling district electoral roll. The Central Electoral Commission shall, in conjunction with the keeper of the Residents’ Register, create conditions for a voter to exercise his right not to consent that the address of his place of residence would be announced in the polling district electoral roll.