Written notification of voters

(amended by Law No.74/2012, dated 19 July 2012; last sentence of point 1 repealed and point 6 added by Law No. 101/2020, dated 23 July 2020)

1. Within 60 days from the publication of the extract of the electoral components of voters, in accordance with points 1, 2 and 3 of Article 51, the mayor of the local government unit shall issue a written notice for every voter included in the extract of electoral components of the voting centres in the respective local government unit.

2. The written notice shall contain the voting centre, its location and address, as well as the voter’s ordinal number on the voter list of their voting centre.

3. For the purpose of notification, the mayor of the local government unit shall assign neighbourhood administrators or, as applicable, the village elders who are part of the respective local government unit and, if necessary, also other officials of the local government unit administration.

4. The persons assigned to notify voters shall deliver the notice to the voter in person or, in the absence of the voter, to an adult member of their family, who is present at the voter’s domicile, who signs to confirm the receipt of the notice. The mayor of the local government unit shall report on the fulfilment of this obligation, in accordance with the instruction of the minister responsible for the civil status service.

5. Expenditures on the notification, in accordance with this Article, shall be covered by the ministry responsible for the civil status service. The respective fund shall be allocated to local government units commensurate to the number of voters in each local government unit.

6. The mayor shall report at least once a week, and whenever required by the CEC, on implementation of provisions contained in this Article. Modalities of communication with the CEC and the amounts of administrative fines applicable on the mayor in case of failure to report, as well as the fine enforcement, shall be determined by CEC decision.