CEC competencies related to out-of-country voting

(amended by Law No. 101/2020, dated 23 July 2020)

1. The CEC shall lead and monitor the preparations to ensure conditions and implementation of measures that enable the out-of-country voting for elections for the Assembly, for voters whose permanent residence is outside the territory of the Republic of Albania, and have their out-of-country permanent residence address registered in the National Civil Status Register, and request from CEC to be equipped with the out-ofcountry voting documentation.

2. Out-of-country voting shall be organised and managed by the CEC, in all its components, after the Regulator approves all secondary legislation required for out-ofcountry voting, in accordance with this law.

3. The CEC must take a decision to include the out-of-country voting for the first time in the ordinary voting procedures. In the next elections, out-of-country voting shall automatically become an integral part of the voting procedures.

4. Detailed procedures on out-of-country voting shall be approved by CEC normative act.