Verification of Voters’ Lists

(1) Voters’ lists shall be made available within the polling stations premises, as well as on the Central Electoral Commission website no later than 20 days prior to elections day, having indicated the first and last name and date of birth of every voter. A copy of the list shall be kept at the Mayoralty. No later than 20 days before the elections the voters shall be notified via all available communication means (Media, phone, poster, Internet) about the location of the polling station where they can vote.

(2) Citizens and representatives of electoral competitors shall have the possibility to get acquainted with the voters’ lists and to verify their accuracy. They shall have the right to submit complaints if their names have been omitted or deleted from the list, as well as if errors have been committed in their personal data or in the data of other voters, no later than on the day preceding the Election Day. The complaints shall be considered by the relevant electoral bodies within 24 hours, and their decisions may be appealed by interested parties in Courts according to the established procedure if their request to amend the list or include their name in the list was rejected.

(3) The Central Electoral Commission shall develop and pass the procedures for preparing, verifying and updating the voters’ lists, clearly governing the issues on: transmitting the voters’ lists to electoral bureaus; including/excluding voters by the Precinct Electoral Bureau members; subsequent presentation of final voters’ lists and other appropriate aspects.