Central Electoral Commission (CEC) announced that 3570 citizens of the Republic of Moldova, with the right to vote, living abroad, were previously registered online to participate in the elections of the President of Moldova, on October 30th.

The citizens with the right to vote that registered previously will be automatically erased from the register of voters on the place of residence in the Republic of Moldova. This deletion will be temporary and will be valid only for the presidential elections from this year.

According to the stipulations from the normative framework, the information about the previously registered citizens abroad will be submitted to the Government of the Republic of Moldova, in order to take the decision on the necessity to open additional polling stations except the ones at the legations and the consular Offices. At the same time, at the opening of these polling stations, will be taken into account also the number of voters who participated at the previous poll. 

CEC points out that the previous registration period of the citizens of the Republic of Moldova with the right to vote, who on the day of the elections are going to be abroad, ends, at least, 40 days before the day of the presidential elections, given that, according to the Electoral Code, the polling stations are established with at least 35 days before the voting day.

given that, according to the Electoral Code, polling stations are established with at least 35 days before voting day.