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Home > 1.3.2.2.3 Other special voting procedures > REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA - Opinion on the Law on the Partial Implementation of the Postal Vote
 
 
 
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As already said, for at least the first presidential elections after the entry into force of the Law as well as for a referendum on an essential issue for the Republic of Moldova, postal voting will be applied only in six countries (Article 35(2) of the Law) and thus for a quite limited number of members of the Moldovan diaspora. Article 35(5) provides that “after the completion of the partial implementation of the postal vote, the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) shall, within three months, draw up and submit to the Parliament a report on the implementation of this alternative voting method, which shall comprise proposals and provisions regarding its permanent applicability, subsequently having to submit corresponding amendment to the Electoral Code no. 325/2022”. According to information provided by the CEC, this means that after the 2024 elections and referendum, the territorial limitation to six countries should not apply anymore and that the CEC will make a proposal for territorial extension of postal vote to the countries corresponding to the requirements of Article 8. The Venice Commission underlines that a trial should be applied to one election only and that permanent rules – confirming or not the introduction of postal voting – should be adopted after that trial.