(1) The electoral bureaus for postal voting shall be set up and completed in accordance with the provisions of Article 15 of Law no. 208/2015.
(2) The electoral bureaus for postal voting are located abroad or in Romania, where appropriate. The location of the electoral bureaus for postal voting operating abroad shall be established in the premises of diplomatic missions or consular posts, where appropriate. The electoral bureaus for postal voting operate with and subordinated to the constituency electoral bureau for the Romanian citizens domiciled or residing abroad.
(21) In each state where more than 5,000 voters domiciled or residing in that state have opted for transmitting or depositing votes at the diplomatic mission or consular post, as the case may be, an electoral bureau for postal voting shall be established by decision of the constituency electoral bureau for the Romanian citizens domiciled or residing abroad.
(22) By decision of the constituency electoral bureau for Romanian citizens with domicile or residence abroad, one electoral bureau for postal voting is established for every 10,000 voters who opted for the forwarding of the postal votes in the country.
(3) An electoral bureau for postal voting shall be set up for every 10,000 voters. If, abroad, less than 10,000 voters have chosen to vote by post, a single electoral bureau for postal voting shall be set up.
(4) The electoral bureaus for postal voting are set up, provided that the criteria set up in this law are complied with, 15 days before the day of the ballot.
(5) The assignment of voters to the electoral bureaus for postal voting shall be done alphabetically, by ensuring a proportionate distribution, by the constituency electoral bureau for the Romanian citizens domiciled or residing abroad.
(6) Political parties, organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities, political or electoral alliances thereof, as well as independent candidates can challenge the setting up and composition of the electoral bureaus for postal voting, within 48 hours at the most from the expiry of the deadline for their setting up or completion.
(7) Challenges shall be filed with the constituency electoral bureau for the Romanian citizens domiciled or residing abroad and shall be settled by it, in compliance with the provisions of Law no. 208/2015, within two days from their registration, at the most.
