Voting

(1) Each voter vote in person. Voting instead of other persons shall be prohibited. Voter shall present the ID to the Precinct Electoral Bureau that shall record his/her pres­ence and verify the inclusion on the basic Voter’s List. Subsequently, a member of the Precinct Electoral Bureau hands out the ballot paper to the voter. After receiving the ballot paper, the voter shall sign in the Voters’ List besides his/her name or applies a simple electronic signature in accordance with the procedure established by the Central Electoral Commission.

(2) Voters from the territorial range of the polling station who are not included in the basic Voters’ List are being registered in a supplementary voters’ list after the ver­ification and confirmation, according to the State Register of Voters, of registration at the domicile or temporary residence within the territorial area of the polling station in question. Those voters confirm on their own responsibility, by signing, abstaining from multiple voting and the fact that they are informed of the criminal liability in case of vio­lation of this obligation.

(3) In the Parliamentary, Presidential Elections and Republican Referendum, the Supplementary Voter’s List shall also be entered:

a) voters that came to the polling station with a certificate for the right to vote. The certificate for the right to vote shall be retained by the Precinct Electoral Bureau and shall be attached to the Supplementary Voter’s List;

b) the persons detained on the basis of an arrest order until a Court sentence is being pronounced, persons sentenced to prison (deprivation of liberty) whose sentence is not final; persons under arrest for committing a contra­vention offence, persons sentenced to prison (deprivation of liberty) by a final Court decision, located in penitentiaries from other localities than the place where he/she has his/her registered domicile or temporary residence;

c) voters who do not have a domicile or temporary residence registration;

d) voters who on the Elections Day are in sanatoriums and rest homes, in hos­pitals and other stationary curative institutions located in a locality other than the place where they registered their domicile or temporary residence, but located on the territory of the Republic of Moldova;

e) citizens of the Republic of Moldova eligible to vote from abroad that on the Elections Day come to the relevant polling station;

f) citizens eligible to vote in the localities situated on the left bank of the Dnies­ter River, who have their domicile or temporary residence in localities which are temporarily outside the sovereign control of the constitutional authori­ties of the Republic of Moldova, as confirmed by the respective information from the State Register of Voters;

g) students and pupils eligible to vote, enrolled in educational institutions in a locality where they do not have domicile or temporary residence registra­tion;

h) military personnel from military units, on the basis of data submitted by the commanders of those military units, under the terms of Article 61(4);

i) Precinct Electoral Bureau officials which on Elections Day perform their ac­tivity at the corresponding polling station, without the need to present the certificate for the right to vote.

(4) According to paragraph (3) lit. g), students and pupils eligible to vote, enrolled in educational institutions from a locality in which they do not have domicile or temporary residence registration, may vote at any open polling station in that locality, being required to submit the identity document and the student/pupil card form the educational institu­tion from the corresponding locality.

(5) In local elections and local referendums, the Supplementary Voter’s List shall also be entered:

a) the persons detained on the basis of an arrest order until a Court sentence is being pronounced, persons sentenced to prison (deprivation of liberty) whose sentence is not final; persons under arrest for committing a contra­vention offence, persons sentenced to prison (deprivation of liberty) by a final Court decision, only if they have their registered domicile or temporary residence in the administrative-territorial unit where the corresponding in­stitution is located;

b) voters who on the Elections Day are in sanatoriums and rest homes, in hos­pitals and other stationary curative institutions, only if they have their regis­tered domicile or temporary residence in the administrative-territorial unit where the corresponding institution is located;

c) delectoral officials, in the polling station where they perform their activity, only if they have their registered domicile or temporary residence in the ad­ministrative-territorial unit where the polling station is located;

d) students and pupils with the right to vote, enrolled in educational institutions from the locality where they have domicile or temporary residence for less than 3 months until the date of the first round of elections, being obliged to present their identity document and the student card that contains informa­tion on the educational institution from respective locality where they are enrolled.

(6) Voting is done, according to the procedure established by the Central Electoral Commission, on the basis of one of the following identity acts:

a) Identity Card of the citizen of the Republic of Moldova;

b) temporary Identity Card;

c) passport of the citizen of the Republic of Moldova, including with an expired period of validity, unless other situations have occurred in which, according to legal provisions and it has become invalid..

(7) The Chairperson of the Precinct Electoral Bureau shall keep a record of the major events which occurred during voting and counting of votes, registering that information in the Precinct Electoral Bureau’s activity report. At the request of the members of the Precinct Electoral Bureau, of persons authorised to assist to elections procedures or of any voter, the Chairperson shall make note of their comments and objections relating to the voting procedure in a document attached to the minutes of the Precinct Electoral Bureau.

(8) The Precinct Electoral Bureau shall decide on extending the voting time by a maximum of 2 hours to enable the voters who queue up in the respective polling station, to exercise their rights, notifying the District Electoral Council and the Central Electoral Commission about such an extension.

^{[Art.78 (5) completed by Law No.220 of 31.07.2023, in force as of 18.08.2023]}

^{[Art.78 (2, 3, 5, 6) amended by Law No. 112 of 22.05.2025, in force as of 28.05.2025]}

^{[Art.78 (1) amended by Law No. 130 of 29 May 2025, in force as of 3 June 2025]}