Reserve List of members of polling district electoral committees and referendum committees

1. In order to ensure the establishment of electoral committees as well as referendum committees provided for in this Code and in the Constitutional Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Referendums, the Central Electoral Commission shall draw up a reserve list of members of polling district electoral committees and referendum committees (hereinafter: ‘the Reserve List’). The Reserve List shall serve for appointing the missing members of the referendum committees and polling district electoral committees, as provided for in this Code and the Constitutional Law on Referendums. The Reserve List shall be established and updated under the procedure laid down by the Central Electoral Commission.

2. For entry on the Reserve List, any person shall have the right to submit an application in the form established by the Central Electoral Commission. The application may be submitted electronically under the procedure laid down by the Central Electoral Commission. Upon receipt of such an application, the Central Electoral Commission shall check for compliance with the membership requirements for members of electoral committees and referendum committees set out in this Code and other legal acts and shall decide whether to enter the applicant on the Reserve List or provide a well-grounded decision against it. The data of the persons entered on the Reserve List shall be processed under the laws of the Republic of Lithuania and Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation).

3. Appointment of persons from the Reserve List to polling district electoral committees and referendum committees shall be conditioned on the relevant membership requirements.