Compiling and announcing the voter list

(amended by Law No. 74/2012, dated 19 July 2012)

1. The civil status office shall compile the voter list for each polling unit, no later than 40 days prior to the election date, by extracting from the NCSR electronic data all citizens who will have reached 18 years of age as of the election date, who reside in the polling unit under its jurisdiction. The list shall be approved by the mayor of the relevant local government unit.

2. The voter list shall be compiled in compliance with the criteria on the number of voters determined in point 2 of Article 46 of this Code.

3. No later than 35 days prior to the election date, the voter list shall be sent to the CEAZ in three formats listed under letters “a”, “b,” and “c” of point 2 of Article 48. The CEAZ, on a case-by-case basis, shall publish the list at the respective voting centre, in premises with free access for voters, and shall send to the VCC its copy of the voter list for purposes of use during voting.

4. In the event the mayor of the local government unit fails to exercise the competences provided for in this Article, the obligations deriving from this Article shall be immediately fulfilled by the General Directorate of the Civil Status.

5. The voter list shall not change under any circumstance or for any reason after the deadline envisaged in point 1. The computer software shall be designed so as not to allow any change to the voter list, despite changes to civil status components in the NCSR.

6. The General Directorate of the Civil Status shall send a printed copy of all voter lists to the Central State Archive for retention purposes, within 10 days from the expiry of the deadline set out in point 1 of this Article.