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The head of the Permanent Electoral Authority, Constantin Mitulețu Buică, returns and says that all people with a floating visa will be able to vote at the place of residence, on the additional lists. Buică told HotNews.ro that the decision of the Central Electoral Office is not formulated in a clear way, so on Wednesday the decision will be reversed, to clarify: “It does not restrict anyone, but as it is formulated it seems to restrict some voters. “.
He admits that the BEC decision is worded ambiguously.
“The decision will be reversed and tomorrow (Wednesday) it will be discussed again in the BEC to clarify and formulate with greater clarity. It does not restrict anyone, but as it is formulated it seems to restrict some votes,” he said. Buica said.
What does the decision of the Central Electoral Office contribute:
- CHECK THE BEC DECISION HERE
- The voter who, no later than September 4, 2020, has established his domicile at an address other than his domicile votes only at the polling station where the street where he has his residence mentioned in the identity document is located, following To be registered on the complementary electoral list if you have not requested to be registered on the permanent electoral lists with your residence address.
- The voter who did not modify his identity document after changing the boundary of the administrative-territorial unit where he has his domicile or residence votes at the voting table where the street that appears in the mention of domicile or residence registered in the document is rounded. of identity.
- The voter who possesses an identity card whose validity period would have expired between March 1 and September 27, 2020, may exercise their right to vote based on it.
- In the case of voters who cannot attend the electoral college due to illness or disability, they may submit requests to exercise their right to vote through the special ballot box if they have their domicile or residence in the town or sector of Bucharest where the college is located. electoral. seasons. The request will be presented only at the electoral college where the building where the special ballot box is requested is located, before the vote – September 26, 2020, between 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., except in cases where the cause of the illness or disability occurs later.
- Voters who are hospitalized in a public or private health unit, nursing home or other public or private social establishments of this type may request the exercise of the right to vote through the special ballot boxes, only if they have their domicile or residence in the locality or in the case of Bucharest. , in the sector within which the unit is located.
- People detained based on a preventive detention order or people who are serving a custodial sentence, but who have not lost their electoral rights, and who have their domicile or residence in the administrative-territorial unit in whose area the penitentiary or place is located of detention, and in the case of Bucharest, in the sector within which the penitentiary or place of detention is located, votes through the special ballot boxes.
According to some BEC sources, the decision was made with the vote of all BEC member judges and representatives of PSD and ALDE, and representatives of USR, PNL, UDMR and the Permanent Electoral Authority voted against. The same sources within BEC affirmed for HotNews.ro that BEC’s decision would also have an issue of legality, considering that it establishes a ban for the past (adopted on September 7 and that establishes a prior restrictive deadline, on September 4) .
The law allowed citizens with a floating visa to vote in the new place of residence even if they got their floating visa on Election Day.
Under current legislation (which also applied to the 2016 elections), floating visa voters (who have practically changed residence) could vote in the new place of residence in two ways:
- on a permanent list – if they submit in advance before September 4, 2020 an application to the respective mayor’s office for registration in the Electoral Registry.
- on the additional list – if they have a floating visa for that locality and have NOT submitted an application for registration in the electoral register of that locality.
Who are the members of the CENTRAL ELECTORAL OFFICE
Judges
- George Bogdan FLORESCU – President
- Valentin Horia ȘELARU – Vice President
- Andreia Liana CONSTANDA
- Look at her VIȘAN
- Iulia Manuela CÎRNU
- Lavinia Valeria LEFTERACHE
- Virginia FILIPESCU
PERMANENT ELECTORAL AUTHORITY
- Constantin-Florin MITULEȚU-BUICĂ – President
- Marian MUHULEȚ – Vice President
- Zsombor VAJDA – Vice President
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE POLITICAL PARTIES
- Petruța ULMEANU – PSD
- Andreea-Mihaela MIU – NLP
- Mihai Alexandru BADEA – USR
- Dora-Emese SZILAGYI – UDMR
- Valentin-Olivian TROFIN – Pro Romania
- Eliza Jan CORBEANU – PMP
- Daniela CĂLIN – ALDE
- Ivan TRUTER – Group of National Minorities
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