Toni Greblă, the president of the Permanent Electoral Authority, explained that the vote for the parliamentary elections will be on December 1 in Romania, and abroad, over two days, respectively Saturday November 30 and Sunday December 1.
Toni Greblă, president of the Permanent Electoral Authority PHOTO Government of Romania
The electoral campaign for the parliamentary elections in Romania will start on November 1 and end on November 30.
“Voting for the parliamentary elections will take place in one day in the country, on December 1, and abroad, over two days, on November 30 and December 1”announced Toni Greblă, the president of the Permanent Electoral Authority (AEP).
The voting process will start at 7:00 a.m., both on Saturday and Sunday, and will close at 9:00 p.m., but if there are voters both in the country and abroad who did not get to vote, then the president of the polling station office can decide to extend voting until the last voter votes, but no later than 23.59, when the system will be closed.
In Romania, voters can vote only at the polling station to which the street or locality where they have their domicile or residence is located.
In the situation where, on voting day, voters are in another administrative-territorial unit within the same electoral district, they can vote at any polling station within the electoral district where they have their domicile or residence. Abroad, voters who come to vote at polling stations organized abroad and who prove that they have domicile or residence abroad, can vote at any station organized abroad.
In the country, Romanian citizens with domicile or residence in Romania who are in the country on voting day can exercise their right to vote at polling stations organized in Romania on the basis of one of the following identity documents, valid on voting day: a) identity; b) electronic identity card; c) provisional identity card; d) identity card; e) diplomatic passport; f) electronic diplomatic passport; g) service passport; h) electronic service passport; i) military service card, in the case of students from military schools.
Romanian citizens domiciled in Romania, but with a residence address abroad, can exercise their right to vote at polling stations organized abroad on the basis of one of the following identity documents, valid on the day of voting, accompanied by an official document issued by the foreign state regarding the establishment of residence: the identity card; electronic identity card; temporary identity card; identity card; diplomatic passport; electronic diplomatic passport; service passport; electronic service passport; simple passport; simple electronic passport; simple temporary passport.
Romanian citizens residing abroad can vote at polling stations organized abroad, based on one of the following identity documents, valid on the day of voting: the simple passport, with the mention of the country of residence; the simple temporary passport, with the mention of the country of residence; the simple electronic passport, with the mention of the country of residence.
When the election campaign starts
The electoral campaign will start on November 1 and will end on November 30, 2024, at 7:00 a.m.
Toni Greblă also said on Tuesday, October 1, that the deadline for submitting candidacies for the presidential elections to the BEC is October 5. Also, October 10 is the deadline for registering on the AEP website citizens with the right to vote who have their domicile or residence abroad, in order to vote by mail.
“On October 5, at the end of the day, midnight, is the deadline for submitting candidacies and electoral signs to the BEC. October 8 is the date for filing appeals for the elections for the president of Romania, at the CCR and after a three-day interval, the candidacies remain definitive, unless they are invalidated by the Court“, Toni Greblă also specified.
The president of AEP also said that the military parade on December 1 does not confuse the conduct of the elections because “there is nothing electoral about it”.
The two voting rounds of the presidential elections are scheduled for November 24 and December 8 respectively, and the parliamentary elections for December 1, the National Day.
“The competence to set the date of the elections belongs exclusively to the Government. From the point of view of the Permanent Electoral Authority and the technical organization of the elections, there is no problem for the vote to take place on December 1”stated Toni Greblă.
Campaign to promote voting methods in airports
The Permanent Electoral Authority has started a campaign to promote the methods of exercising the vote in the presidential and parliamentary elections, in nine of the main international airports in Romania and through traditional communication channels
“The correct and prompt information of voters is the foundation of democratic elections and is one of the main concerns of the Permanent Electoral Authority. We are honored that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs joined the initiative and supports us in our effort to correctly inform Romanian voters abroad about this year’s presidential and parliamentary elections. By being present in the main international airports in Romania, we propose that the messages regarding the exercise of the right to vote reach as many Romanian voters as possible”says Toni Greblă.
According to AEP, in the premises of the “Henri Coandă” International Airport in Bucharest, on Tuesday, October 1, 2024, roll-ups and mobile stands with leaflets containing useful information intended for Romanian voters domiciled or residing abroad were placed on Tuesday, October 1, 2024, including registration on the web portal www.votstrainatate.ro in order to express the right to vote by mail.
Similar information materials will also be placed in the premises of the airports in Bacau, Cluj-Napoca, Craiova, Iasi, Sibiu, Suceava, Târgu-Mureș and Timișoara.
