Updating electoral rolls

1. Preliminary electoral rolls shall be updated before the approval of the final electoral rolls by transferring the voter data entered on the preliminary electoral roll of the Republic of Lithuania from the electoral roll of one polling district to the electoral roll of another polling district of either the same or another constituency. Before approval, electoral rolls shall be updated by the Central Electoral Commission, the constituency electoral committee, or the municipal electoral committee. The approved final electoral rolls shall not be subject to any further alteration.

2. Updating of preliminary electoral rolls shall be limited to the following cases:

1) change in the voter’s declared place of residence;

2) absence of a voter on the electoral roll due to the voter’s failure to declare the place of residence or failure to hold, for more than one year before polling day, of at least one valid document confirming the voter’s citizenship under Article 8(1) and Article 8(4).

3. Decisions on the transfer of voter data from the electoral roll of one polling district to the electoral roll of another polling district in cases where both polling districts belong to the same constituency shall be made by either the constituency electoral committee or the municipal electoral committee and shall be communicated to the Central Electoral Commission.

4. The Central Electoral Commission shall make the decision regarding the transfer of a voter data from the electoral roll of one polling district to the electoral roll of another polling district where the polling districts belong to different constituencies.