Entry on the electoral roll of voters abroad and aboard the ships flying the national flag of Lithuania

1. Where one or more electoral rolls of one or more single-member constituencies of the Lithuanians of the world are drawn up for the purposes of elections to the Seimas, citizens of the Republic of Lithuania voting abroad shall be entered on the electoral roll(s) of the single-member constituency(ies) of the Lithuanians of the world.

2. In the run-up to presidential elections and elections to the European Parliament, citizens of the Republic of Lithuania voting abroad shall be entered on the electoral rolls of voters voting abroad.

3. Electoral rolls of voters voting in diplomatic missions or consular posts of the Republic of Lithuania shall be drawn up by means of electronic communications on the basis of data from the list of persons eligible to vote, applications submitted by individuals to the Central Electoral Commission under the procedure set out thereby, and on the basis of electronic notifications received from the diplomatic missions and consular posts of the Republic of Lithuania. Under the procedure set out by the Central Electoral Commission, persons unable to return to Lithuania for voting on the day other than polling day, also persons unable to return to Lithuania for voting on polling day and on the day of re-run or run-off elections may be entered on this electoral roll provided they intend to vote in a diplomatic mission or consular post of the Republic of Lithuania.

4. For the purposes of elections to the European Parliament, persons entered on the electoral rolls referred to in Article 58(3) shall be required to confirm their intent of voting, during those particular elections, exclusively for the candidates standing for elections to the European Parliament in the Republic of Lithuania. This approval shall not be required from persons eligible to vote who intend to vote in a non-Member State of the European Union.

5. As regards crew members and passengers aboard the ships flying the national flag of Lithuania who are eligible to vote yet unable to return to Lithuania for voting on polling day, unable to return for voting on a day other than polling day, as well as for re-run or run-off voting, they shall be entered, under the procedure established by the Central Electoral Commission, on the electoral roll of the polling district on whose territory the administration of the ship’s registration harbour is located.

6. Electoral rolls drawn up for the purposes of local elections and mayoral elections shall be exempt from the provisions of this Article. 7. For the purposes of elections to the Seimas, not less than 15 days before polling day, the diplomatic mission or consular post of the Republic of Lithuania shall transmit to the Central Electoral Commission the electoral roll drawn up in the diplomatic mission and the data on its update(s). The electoral roll may be supplemented by entering voters who cannot to return to Lithuania during the early voting period and on polling day and therefore chose to vote in a diplomatic mission, a consular post, or an additional polling place abroad at the diplomatic mission or consular post of the Republic of Lithuania.