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Law No. 70 Of 26 November 1991 * Republished Law On Local Elections

Original Language Title:  LEGE nr. 70 din 26 noiembrie 1991 *** Republicată Legea privind alegerile locale

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LEGE no. 70 70 of 26 November 1991 (** republished) (* updated *) Law on Local Elections ((updated until 15 September 2003 *)
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--------------- *) The initial text was published in the OFFICIAL GAZETTE no. 79 79 of 18 April 1996. This is the updated form of S.C. "Territorial Center of Electronic Computing" S.A. until September 15, 2003, with the amendments and additions made by: LAW no. 164 164 of 30 July 1998 ; EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 28 28 of 12 April 2000 ; EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 63 63 of 26 May 2000 ; EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 2 2 of 4 January 2001 ; ORDINANCE no. 2 2 of 12 July 2001 ; EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 72 72 of 17 May 2001 ; LAW no. 170 170 of 10 April 2002 ; LAW no. 43 43 of 21 January 2003 . ** **) Republicated pursuant to art. II of Law no. 25 25 of 12 April 1996 , published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, no. 77 of 13 April 1996, giving the chapters, articles and paragraphs the corresponding numbering. Law no. 70 70 of 26 November 1991 was published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, no. 239 239 of 28 November 1991. + Chapter 1 General provisions + Article 1 (1) Local councils, county councils, mayors and the General Council of Bucharest shall be elected by universal, equal, direct, secret and freely expressed vote. Deputy mayors are elected by indirect vote by local councils. (2) Local and county councils shall be elected on electoral constituencies by vote expressed on the basis of the list vote. (3) The mayors of the communes and towns shall be elected on electoral districts by vote expressed on the basis of the uninominal vote. + Article 2 (1) Romanian citizens, without distinction of nationality, race, language, religion, sex, political beliefs or profession, exercise, equally, electoral rights. ((1 ^ 1) The exercise of the right to vote is based on the voter card, issued under the conditions provided by Law no. 68/1992 for the election of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, and the ID. -------------- Alin. ((1 ^ 1) art. 2 was introduced by EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 63 63 of 26 May 2000 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 240 240 of 31 May 2000. + Article 3 (1) They have the right to choose Romanian citizens who have turned 18, including those who reach this age on election day. (2) For the election of the local council, the mayor, the county council and the General Council of Bucharest, each voter has the right to one vote. (3) The right to vote shall be exercised only in the municipality, city, municipality or administrative-territorial subdivision of the municipality in which the voter is domiciled. (4) Citizens with the right to vote, who have established their residence in another administrative-territorial unit at least 3 months before the elections, shall exercise their right to vote in the respective administrative-territorial unit. -------------- Alin. ((4) art. 3 3 was amended by LAW no. 164 164 of 30 July 1998 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 284 284 of 31 July 1998. + Article 4 (1) They have the right to be elected councillors or mayors citizens with the right to vote who have fulfilled, until the day of elections inclusive, the age of at least 23 years, if they are not prohibited from association in political parties, according to art. 37 37 para. (3) of the Constitution. (2) Only persons who have their domicile in the territory of the administrative-territorial unit in which they are to be elected can run (3) Persons who have their domicile in Bucharest, regardless of the sector, can run for the sectors of Bucharest. + Article 5 ((1) I cannot choose: a) alienations or mental debilies put under prohibition; b) persons deprived of electoral rights for the duration established by judicial decision. (2) They may not be chosen: a) citizens belonging to the categories provided for in art. 37 37 para. ((3) of the Constitution; b) persons belonging to the categories referred to in lett. a) and b) of par. ((1). + Article 6 (1) Candidates for local and county councils and mayors shall be proposed by political parties or political alliances established according to the law of political parties. Independent candidates or electoral alliances may also be submitted, under the conditions of this law. (2) Electoral alliances may be constituted between political parties or political alliances at county or local level. Political parties in political alliances or electoral alliances can participate in elections only on the lists of alliances. A political party cannot be part, at the same level, than from a single alliance. Electoral alliances are registered at the electoral office of the electoral district in which they submit applications. (3) A person may apply for a single local council and for a single primary function. (4) A person may apply for both the position of counsel and the office of mayor. (5) The number of candidates on each list may be higher than the number of councillors established according to the Local Government Law, with up to a quarter of the number of mandates. ((6) Candidates on several lists of candidates or both on lists and as independents are void of law. + Article 7 (1) The date of elections shall be determined by Government decision, at least 45 days before the voting. (2) Elections take place in one day, which may only be on Sunday. (2 ^ 1) The number of elections in the voter card shall be established and made public by the Government, with the date of elections. (3) In the case of partial elections organized according to the Law on Local Government, the electoral campaign is reduced by half Accordingly, the time limits provided for by this law are also reduced, except for 24 hours. If the half-time reduction operations result in fractions of days, the rounding shall be done in addition. -------------- Alin. ((2 ^ 1) art. 7 was introduced by EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 63 63 of 26 May 2000 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 240 240 of 31 May 2000. + Chapter 2 Organization of elections for local councils, county councils and mayors + Section 1 Electoral districts + Article 8 (1) For the election of local councils and mayors, each commune, city, municipality and administrative-territorial subdivision of the municipality constitutes an electoral district. (2) For the election of county councils, each county constitutes an electoral district. The numbering of county electoral districts is made by Government decision. + Article 9 The numbering of electoral districts in each county, of the city of Bucharest and in Bucharest is made by the prefects within 3 days from the establishment of the election date. The prefects are obliged to communicate to the county service of record the numbering of electoral districts within 5 days from the date of elections. -------------- Article 9 was amended by EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 63 63 of 26 May 2000 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 240 240 of 31 May 2000. + Article 10 The number of each electoral district shall be brought to the attention of the voters by the mayor, within 10 days from the establishment of the election date. + Section 2 Polling stations + Article 11 (1) In localities shall be organized polling stations, as follows: a) in localities with population of over 2,000 inhabitants, one polling station per 1,000-2,000 inhabitants; b) in communes with population under 2,000 inhabitants, one polling station. (2) The polling stations may also be organized in the villages or groups of villages with population of up to 500 inhabitants, located at a distance of more than 3 km from the village of residence of the commune. (3) The military may vote in the locality of domicile, within the limits of the military regulations. Polling stations will also be held for the military in the term in addition to military units, if they have at least 50 voters. Military in the term can vote in military units regardless of the time of incorporation. --------------- Alin. ((2) and (3) of art. 11 were amended by EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 28 28 of 12 April 2000 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 153 153 of 13 April 2000. + Article 12 At the same polling station, voters vote for both the local council, the county council and the mayor. + Article 13 (1) (1) Delimitation and numbering of polling stations shall be made under the conditions laid down by Law no. 68/1992 . (2) The mayor shall inform the voters of the delimitation and numbering of the polling stations within 20 days from the date of the elections. -------------- Article 13 was amended by EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 63 63 of 26 May 2000 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 240 240 of 31 May 2000. + Section 3 Electoral lists + Article 14 (1) The permanent electoral lists shall include all citizens entitled to vote who are domiciled in the electoral district where elections are held. (2) Citizens have the right to verify the entries made in the electoral lists. Greetings against omissions, misentries or any errors in the lists shall be submitted to the mayor. It shall immediately transmit them to the authorities who have drawn up the (3) The authorities who have drawn up the electoral lists shall be obliged to rule within 3 days from the registration of the application. (4) An appeal may be filed against the given solution within 24 hours of the communication. The appeal shall be settled no later than 3 days after the registration, by the judge in whose territorial area the polling station is located. The court decision is final, enforceable and communicated to those interested within 24 hours of the ruling. (5) The mayors will execute children from the permanent electoral lists comprising the voters from each polling station, which they will submit in two copies to the electoral bureaus of the polling stations, within 24 hours of the establishment to them. One copy will be made available to voters for consultation and the other will be used on Election Day. (6) Any modification after sending the children from the electoral lists shall be communicated to the electoral bureau of the polling station within 24 hours. (7) The electoral lists shall be signed by the representative of the Ministry of Interior, respectively the head of the population record formation, and the mayor. (8) The military within the right to vote shall be registered in the special lists drawn up by the electoral bureau of the polling station in the locality of domicile or in the special lists drawn up on military units and signed by their commanders, in the case of those who vote in polling stations organized in addition to military units. The military in the term shall not vote be passed in the copies of the permanent electoral lists of the localities where they are domiciled, drawn up by the mayors. ---------------- Alin. ((8) art. 14 was amended by EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 28 28 of 12 April 2000 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 153 153 of 13 April 2000. Alin. ((2)-(5) and (7) of art. 14 were amended by EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 63 63 of 26 May 2000 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 240 240 of 31 May 2000. + Article 15 Copies of the permanent electoral lists shall be completed separately for each polling station. They will include all citizens with the right to vote, who are domiciled in the electoral district in which the elections are organized and which, according to the delimitation made in accordance with the provisions of art. 13, will exercise their right to vote at the respective section. These children will include: name and surname, personal numerical code, domicile, electoral district number, polling station number, as well as a column intended for the voter's signature. -------------- Article 15 was amended by EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 63 63 of 26 May 2000 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 240 240 of 31 May 2000. + Article 16 (1) The mayors will ensure the conditions necessary for the voters ' consultation of the children on the permanent electoral lists both at the mayors and at the polling station. To this end, 10 days before the elections, they will display the electoral lists in public places, visibly, and provide the necessary staff at the polling stations. The places of display will be brought to the attention of the population by the mayor, who will take the necessary measures, together with public order bodies, to ensure the integrity of the lists displayed. (2) Any discrepancy between the copy and the permanent electoral list shall be settled by the head of the population record formation, based on the data contained in the permanent electoral list. Art. 14 14 para. ((2) shall apply accordingly. -------------- Alin. ((2) art. 16 was amended by EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 63 63 of 26 May 2000 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 240 240 of 31 May 2000. + Article 17 (1) At the request of citizens with the right to vote, who have established at least 3 months before the vote of residence in the electoral district where elections are held, they will be passed by the head of the population record formation in a list Supplementary election, based on identity document. (2) The head of the population record formation, to which the locality of residence is aronded, will request the deletion of the person from the electoral list at his home. The request will be made in writing or by phone. Telephone requests in the form of notes will be recorded in a special register. (3) On the day of voting, persons in the category of those provided in par. (1), omitted from the supplementary lists, will be placed in the supplementary list by the president of the electoral bureau of the polling station, based on the identity document. (4) In the supplementary list will be passed, by the chairman of the electoral bureau of the polling station, and the persons who show up to vote and prove that they reside in the respective electoral district, but were omitted from the list. (5) The model and content of the supplementary electoral list shall be established under the conditions 104. -------------- Article 17 was amended by LAW no. 164 164 of 30 July 1998 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 284 284 of 31 July 1998. Alin. ((1) and (2) of art. 17 were amended by EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 63 63 of 26 May 2000 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 240 240 of 31 May 2000. + Article 18 A voter can only be entered in a single electoral list. + Article 19 (1) In case of change of domicile in another electoral district, after submitting the electoral list to the polling station office, the mayor will issue to the voter a certificate on the exercise of the right to vote, making mention of this in the copy of the electoral list at the town hall, and in those submitted to the electoral bureau of the polling station. (2) On the day of the elections, at the new home, the voter will be entered in a separate electoral list by the electoral office of the polling station, based on the certificate provided in par. ((1) and the proof of residence document. + Article 20 The head of the population record formation will communicate to the constituency electoral office the number of voters resulting from the permanent electoral lists, within 24 hours of its constitution. The definitive number of voters will be communicated to the constituency electoral office 10 days before the election date. ------------- Article 20 was amended by EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 63 63 of 26 May 2000 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 240 240 of 31 May 2000. + Section 4 Electoral offices + Article 21 (1) For the organization and conduct of electoral operations shall be established, under the conditions of this law: the Central Electoral Office; county electoral offices; constituency electoral offices and electoral bureaus of polling stations. (2) The electoral bureaus shall be composed only of citizens entitled to vote. Candidates cannot be members of the electoral bureaus. (3) In carrying out the tasks assigned to the electoral bureaus, all members of their composition shall exercise a function involving the state authority. The correct and impartial exercise of this function is mandatory. + Article 22 (1) The electoral bureaus of the municipal constituency shall be constituted of a number of 7 members, those of the towns, municipalities and administrative-territorial subdivisions of the municipalities, of 9 members, and of the city of Bucharest and of the counties, of 15 15 members. (2) The electoral district electoral office consists of its president and a deputy, as a rule of jurists, and 5 representatives of political parties, political alliances and electoral alliances participating in elections in the constituency that election. (3) The electoral office of district, municipal and administrative-territorial subdivisions of the municipalities consists of 2 jurists and 7 representatives of political parties, political alliances and electoral alliances that participate in elections in the respective electoral district. (4) The electoral district office of the city of Bucharest and the electoral district electoral bureaus consist of 4 jurists and 11 representatives of political parties, political alliances and electoral alliances participating in the elections in the respective electoral districts. (5) The appointment of jurists, one of which will be, as a rule, magistrate, is made in public session, within 5 days from the establishment of the election date, by the president of the county court or Bucharest municipality, by drawing lots, of magistrates or other jurists existing in the county or in Bucharest. The list of magistrates who will participate in the draw is drawn up by the president of the tribunal, and that of other jurists, by the prefect, together with the president of the tribunal. The lists will include a number of people more than 10% than necessary, which are the reserve, at the disposal of the president of the tribunal, for the replacement, in special cases, of the holders. The group in the lists, in order to draw lots, will be made considering the need for the homes of the persons concerned to be in the locality where the constituency electoral office is based or as close as possible to it. The list will include the elements provided for in 25 25 para. ((3). (6) Only jurists who do not belong to any party, political alliance or electoral alliance will be listed in the list provided for in the previous paragraph. (7) If the number of jurists is insufficient, the list will be completed by the prefect, at the proposal of the mayors, with other persons who enjoy prestige in front of the inhabitants, do not belong to any party, political alliance or alliance electoral and having at least secondary education. (8) The date of the meeting in which the draw will be made shall be made public by the press, by the president of the tribunal, at least 48 hours before. The result of the draw is recorded in a minutes, signed by the president. (9) The minutes constitute the act of investiture. (10) The President of the General Court shall designate the President of the Constituency Electoral Office and its deputy. (11) The electoral district office, constituted according to the previous paragraphs, shall perform all the tasks assigned to it under this law, to be completed with representatives of political parties, political alliances and alliances electoral parties participating in the elections in that constituency. (12) Within 3 days from the date until which applications may be proposed, the local branches of political parties, political alliances and electoral alliances shall communicate, in writing, to the constituency electoral bureaus the name and surname representatives who will be part of them. Communications submitted after that period shall no longer be taken into account. (13) The completion of district electoral bureaus with representatives of political parties, political alliances and electoral alliances shall be made within 24 hours after the expiry of the term provided in par. (12), by the president of the electoral bureau, in the presence of persons delegated by political parties, political alliances and electoral alliances who communicated the representatives, in descending order of the number of candidates proposed for the local council and the mayor. A political party, a political alliance or an electoral alliance cannot have more than 2 representatives. (14) Persons who have the status of representatives of a political party, of a political alliance or electoral alliances in the constituency electoral office shall be established in the order mentioned in the communication provided in par. ((12). (15) If two or more political parties, political alliances or electoral alliances have proposed the same number of candidates, their representatives are part of the constituency electoral office, within the limits of seats not occupied by representatives political parties, political alliances and electoral alliances, according to par. (13), in a more favorable situation; if by applying this provision it is not possible for all representatives to be included in the composition of the electoral office, its president will proceed to the draw, in the presence of party delegates political or alliances in question. (16) If political parties, political alliances and electoral alliances do not nominate representatives, the president of the constituency electoral office shall complete the office, including by drawing lots, persons which are not part of any political party, political alliance or electoral alliance from a list proposed by the mayor. The list will be submitted by the mayor within 24 hours of the request of the president of the constituency electoral office. + Article 23 Constituency electoral bureaus have the following tasks: a) follow the application of the legal provisions regarding elections in the electoral district in which it operates; b) ensure that the children on the permanent electoral lists and the organization of polling stations are drawn up, within the deadline; c) register the lists of candidates and independent applications for local councils, as well as candidates for mayor and find their final stay; d) make the necessary publications and displays on the lists of candidates and independent applications for councillors and for the mayor; e) establish, based on the number of voters registered in the permanent electoral lists, communicated according to art. 20, the number of supporters required to submit independent applications; f) distribute to the electoral bureaus of polling stations the ballots, stamp of control and stamps with the mention "voted"; g) resolve the encounterments regarding their own activity and appeals regarding the operations of the electoral bureaus of the polling stations; h) the electoral office of communal, city and municipal constituency totals the votes cast and determines the outcome of the elections for the electoral districts in which it operates; proof of choice; totals the votes cast for county councillors, prepares the minutes and submits it to the electoral district electoral office, together with the related appeals; i) the county district electoral office totals the votes cast for the county council and determines the outcome of the elections for the county council; issues to the councillors the proof of choice certificate, after which it conveys the county council minutes regarding the outcome of the elections for councillors, in order to validate their choice; j) organize, if applicable, the conduct of the second round of elections; k) communicate data on elections and their result, through the county electoral office, the Central Electoral Office and the Government and inform the population of the electoral district, through any means of advertising, the result elections; l) receive from the electoral bureaus of the polling stations and hand over to the courts, respectively to the Bucharest City Court, in whose territorial area they operate, the ballots used and unchallenged, as well as those cancelled, stamps and other materials necessary for voting. --------------- Point b) art. 23 23 was amended by LAW no. 164 164 of 30 July 1998 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 284 284 of 31 July 1998. Letter e) a art. 23 EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 63 63 of 26 May 2000 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 240 240 of 31 May 2000. + Article 24 The constituency electoral office of the city of Bucharest also organizes the election of the General Council of Bucharest, fulfilling, accordingly, the powers provided for in this law for the constituency electoral office County. + Article 25 (1) The electoral bureaus of the polling stations shall be constituted by a president, a deputy of the polling station and 7-9 members. (2) The president and his deputy are, as a rule, jurists who are not part of any political party, political alliance or electoral alliance, appointed by the president of the county court or Bucharest municipality, by drawing lots, of those enrolled on a list drawn up by prefects or mayors. (3) If the number of jurists is insufficient, the list will be completed with other persons, proposed by the mayor, who have at least secondary education, enjoy prestige in the locality where they reside and do not belong to any political party, political alliance or electoral alliance. The list will include a number of people more than 10% higher than necessary, which is the reserve, at the disposal of the president of the tribunal, for the replacement, in special cases, of the holders established according to par. (2); the list shall contain: name, surname, domicile, place of work, telephones and signatures of the taking to the knowledge of the proposed persons. Art. 22 22 para. (5), as regards grouping in the lists, shall apply accordingly. (4) The appointment of the president and his deputy, as well as the completion of the electoral bureaus of the polling stations with the other members shall be made no later than 15 days before the election date. (5) The electoral bureaus of polling stations shall be completed with one representative of political parties, political alliances and electoral alliances participating in elections, in descending order of the number of candidates proposed. (6) In order to appoint members of the electoral bureau of the polling station, the president of the constituency electoral office shall communicate to the chairpersons of electoral bureaus of polling stations, within 48 hours of their appointment, according to para. (2), the number of candidates proposed by each political party, political alliance or electoral alliance. Also, political parties, political alliances and electoral alliances that submitted lists of candidates or candidates for mayor in that constituency are obliged to communicate, each, through local branches, to the president. the electoral bureau of the polling station, at the same time, the name and surname of their representative. (7) The provisions of art. 22 22 para. ((14), (15) and (16) shall apply accordingly, the draw being made by the chairman of the electoral bureau of the polling station. (8) The appointment of the members of the electoral bureau of the polling station shall be made by its president, based on the communications provided in par. (6) or, where applicable, the provisions of par. ((7). (9) The operations of appointment of members of the electoral bureau of the polling station shall be recorded in a report that is proof of the membership in the electoral bureau of the polling station. (10) The appointment of the members of the electoral bureau of the polling station and the conclusion of the minutes shall be made within 24 hours after the expiry of the term provided in par. (6), in the presence of delegates appointed by political parties, political alliances and electoral alliances. (11) The electoral bureaus of polling stations shall be constituted on the date of designation of their members. + Article 26 Electoral bureaus of polling stations shall have the following tasks: a) receive, from the mayors, the copies on the permanent electoral lists, and from the population record formation, the supplementary electoral lists and ensure the necessary conditions for their verification by the voters; constituency electoral bureaus ballot papers for voters who are to vote at the respective section, stamp of control and stamps with the mention "Voted"; b) conduct the voting operations, take all the measures of order in the polling station place and around it; c) count the votes and record the result of voting for the electoral districts for which it was voted at the respective section, namely, for the local council, for the mayor and for the county council; d) resolve the encounterments regarding their own activity; e) submit to the constituency electoral office the minutes comprising the voting result, together with the appeals filed; f) I teach, with minutes, the constituency electoral office the ballots used and unchallenged, as well as those cancelled, the stamps and the other materials necessary for voting. -------------- Letter a) a art. 26 26 was amended by LAW no. 164 164 of 30 July 1998 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 284 284 of 31 July 1998, as amended by EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 63 63 of 26 May 2000 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 240 240 of 31 May 2000. + Article 27 The electoral district electoral bureaus shall properly perform the duties provided for in art. 23, and the following tasks: a) follow the application of the legal provisions regarding elections in all electoral districts of the county; b) ensure that the electoral bureaus in the county are informed of the decisions of the Central Electoral Bureau and follow their application; c) perform the training of the chairmen of the constituency electoral bureaus and of the electoral bureaus of the polling stations in the county; d) receive from the constituency electoral offices the minutes containing the election result, centralize the results per county, political parties, political alliances, electoral alliances and independent candidates and release them. The result of the centralization of the data per county is recorded in a minutes, which is transmitted to the Central Electoral Office, according to the provisions of + Article 28 (1) In the counties where partial local elections are organized in at least two electoral districts, a county electoral office consisting of 3 judges shall be established, according to the procedure provided in art. 29 29, which shall apply accordingly. (2) The county electoral offices, established according to par. (1), duly perform the duties provided for in this Law for the Central Electoral Office. (3) The provisions of par. (1) and (2) shall also apply accordingly for the city of Bucharest. (4) In the counties where partial elections are held in a single electoral district, the settlement of complaints and appeals provided for in art. 30 30 para. ((1) lit. f) and g) is the competence of the judge in whose territorial area the electoral district is located, which will be pronounced no later than 3 days after the registration of the complaints and appeals. The judgment is final and irrevocable. (5) In the situations provided in par. (4) the powers established in art. 30 30 para. ((2) and in art. 106 will be met by the constituency electoral office. --------------- Alin. ((3) art. 28 28 was introduced by LAW no. 164 164 of 30 July 1998 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 284 284 of 31 July 1998. Alin. ((1) art. 28 was amended by EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 72 72 of 17 May 2001 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 265 265 of 23 May 2001. Alin. ((4) and (5) of art. 28 were amended by EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 72 72 of 17 May 2001 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 265 265 of 23 May 2001. Alin. ((4) art. 28 28 was amended by LAW no. 170 170 of 10 April 2002 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 256 256 of 16 April 2002. + Article 29 (1) The Central Electoral Bureau is composed of 7 judges of the Supreme Court of Justice. (2) The appointment of the 7 judges shall be made in public session, within 5 days from the establishment of the election date, by drawing lots, by the President of the Supreme Court of Justice, of all the acting judges of the Court. The result of the draw is recorded in a minutes, signed by the president and the chief consultant of the Supreme Court of Justice, which constitutes the act of investiture. The date of the hearing is made public by the press, by the President of the Supreme Court of Justice, at least 24 hours before. (3) Within 24 hours of the inauguration, the 7 judges shall choose from their turn, by secret ballot, the President of the Central Electoral Bureau. + Article 30 (1) The Central Electoral Office has the following tasks: a) watch over the updating of permanent electoral lists and the preparation by mayors of children on them; b) pursues and ensures the proper observance and application of the legal provisions regarding elections throughout the country; ensures the uniform interpretation of the legal provisions; c) resolve the encounterments regarding its own activity and appeals regarding the establishment, composition and activity of the county electoral bureaus; d) receives and resolves any challenge regarding the organization and conduct of local elections, other than those which, by this law, are given within the competence of the constituency electoral bureaus, of the county electoral bureaus or of the courts; e) receives the minutes drawn up by the county electoral offices, together with the minutes containing the election result, prepared by the constituency electoral offices, totals the results per country, on political parties, alliances political, electoral alliances and independent candidates, separately for local councils, county councils and mayors, and publish them in the Official Gazette of Romania and in the press; f) resolves the complaints regarding electoral fraud, being able to order the annulment of elections from an electoral district, if the voting and the establishment of the election result took place through frauds of nature to modify the attribution mandates in the respective electoral district; in such cases, it has a repeat of the vote no later than two weeks. The new elections take place under the same conditions, using the same electoral lists and the same lists of candidates and independent candidates, except in cases where the office was ordered to cancel a list of candidates or candidates. independent of the commission of the fraud that led to the annulment of the elections; g) settle the appeals regarding the violation of the provisions of art. 56 56 para. ((1), (8), (9) and (10) relating to the subsidisation of political parties, political alliances, electoral alliances or independent candidates, ordering the annulment of votes and mandates granted to those to whom this act is imputable. In such cases, the Central Electoral Office has the return of the election result, under the conditions of 77 77 of this Law; h) performs any other duties that are established by law. (2) The Central Electoral Office accredits, at the proposal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, foreign observers, as well as foreign media delegates and resolves appeals about accreditation or refusal of accreditation by the office county election. (3) The request for annulment of elections from an electoral district can be made only by political parties, political alliances, electoral alliances or independent candidates who participated in the elections, within 48 hours of end of voting, under penalty of decay. The application must be reasoned and accompanied by the evidence on which it is based The application may be granted only if the applicant is not involved in the production of the fraud. The resolution of the request by the Central Electoral Bureau is made until the publication of the election result in the Official Gazette of Romania (4) In the exercise of their duties, the Central Electoral Office shall issue decisions that shall be brought to the public meeting and by any means of publicity. The decisions of the Central Electoral Bureau are mandatory for all electoral offices in the country, as well as for all bodies with powers in electoral matters, from the date of bringing to the public meeting. (5) The decisions of the Central Electoral Office giving interpretations to certain provisions of this law shall be published in the Official Gazette of Romania. + Article 31 The Central Electoral Office ceases its activity after the publication in the Official Gazette of Romania of the result of local and county elections, according to the provisions + Article 32 (1) The contestations on the formation and composition of the electoral bureaus may be made within 48 hours of the establishment or, as the case may be, from their completion. (2) Appeals shall be settled by the constituency electoral office, if they concern the electoral bureau of the polling station; by the county electoral office, if they concern the constituency electoral office; by the Central Electoral Office, if they concern the office county election, and by the Supreme Court of Justice, if they concern the Central Electoral Office, within two days of registration. (3) The judgment is final. + Article 33 (1) The electoral bureaus shall work in the presence of the majority of their members. (2) The decisions of electoral bureaus shall be taken with the vote of the majority + Article 34 Representatives of political parties, political alliances and electoral alliances in electoral bureaus may not receive other tasks outside those provided by this law. + Article 35 There can be no members of constituency electoral bureaus and electoral bureaus of polling stations candidates in elections, spouses, and relatives and blueberries up to the second degree, as well as people who do not have the rights exercise. electoral. + Section 5-a Applications + Article 36 The number of councillors for local councils is the one provided for in the Local Government Law. + Article 37 The proposals of candidates for local councillors, county councillors and mayors shall be made on electoral constituencies and shall be submitted to the constituency electoral offices no later than 30 days before the election date. + Article 38 (1) Proposition of candidates shall be made in writing, in 4 copies, by political parties, political alliances or electoral alliances participating in elections, under the signature of the management of their county organizations, and in the case of candidates independent, based on the list of supporters (2) In the case of electoral alliances between political parties, the lists of candidate proposals will also be signed by the county leaders of each party in the alliance. (3) The lists of candidates must include the name, surname, place and date of birth, occupation, profession and political affiliation of candidates, and in the case of alliances, and the party that proposed them. (4) The lists of candidates will be accompanied by the declarations of acceptance of the candidacy, signed and dated by the candidates. (5) The declaration of acceptance of the application shall include the name, surname, political party or alliance that proposed, the profession, occupation and political affiliation of the candidate, his express consent to run for that office, as well as stating that it meets the conditions provided by law to run. + Article 39 A person can only accept the candidacy for a single electoral district. + Article 40 Political parties, political alliances and electoral alliances will be able to propose a list of candidates in each electoral district for the local council, the county council and one candidate for mayor. + Article 41 (1) Independent candidates for the position of councillor will need to be supported by a minimum of 1% of the total number of voters registered in the lists, divided by the number of councillors who can be elected in the respective commune, city or county, but no longer a little 50. (2) For the office of mayor, independent candidates must submit the list of supporters, which will comprise at least 1% of the total number of voters registered in the lists for the constituency for which they are running, but not less than 150. (3) No lists of independent candidates for the position of councillor shall be admitted. + Article 42 (1) The list of supporters must include the date of the election, the name and surname of the candidate, the position for which he is running, the name and surname of the supporter, date of birth, address, name, series and number of identity its signature. The list will also mention the name and surname of the person who prepared it. The person who has drawn up the list is obliged to file a declaration on his own responsibility stating the veracity of the signatures of the supporters. (2) The list of supporters constitutes a public act, with all the consequences provided by law. ((3) Proponents may only be citizens with the right to vote. A supporter can support only one candidate for the position of councillor or mayor. (4) The actions of the supporters shall be given on their own responsibility. (5) The list of supporters will be accompanied by the declaration of acceptance of the candidacy, given under the conditions of art. 38 38 para. ((4) and (5). + Article 43 (1) The constituency electoral office examines compliance with legal conditions for a person to be able to run, respect for background and form conditions of candidate lists, as well as list of supporters, registering applications. that meet these conditions or reject the registration of those who do not meet the legal conditions. (2) Two copies of the candidacy proposal shall be kept at the constituency electoral office and the other two, certified by the constituency electoral office by signature of its chairman and by applying the stamp, shall be returned the depositor; one of the copies returned to the depositor shall be registered by him at the court in whose territorial area the electoral district is located, respectively at the courthouse in whose territorial area the constituency is located electoral. (3) Within 24 hours from the registration of each application, one of the copies of the proposal for candidacy shall be displayed by the constituency electoral office at its headquarters, in a visible place. + Article 44 Candidates can opt out of candidacy, until the date of final stay of applications, according to art. 46 46 para. ((1). For this purpose, the person concerned will give a statement, under the conditions of art. 38 38 para. ((4) and (5). + Article 45 (1) The acceptance by the constituency electoral office of a candidacy can be challenged by citizens, political parties, political alliances and electoral alliances, within 5 days from the display of the proposal for candidacy or from the expiry of the application deadline. (2) The rejection by the constituency electoral office of a candidacy may be challenged by the candidate, political parties, political alliances or electoral alliances that proposed the respective candidacy, within 3 days of rejection. (3) Appeals shall include the name and surname, address and quality of the objector, the name and surname of the person whose candidacy has been admitted or rejected, the exposure of the grounds of appeal, the date and signature of the objector and the indication, if is the case, of the person designated to represent him. (4) The appeal and the application for appeal shall be submitted to the competent court, under penalty of nullity. (5) Appeals regarding admission or rejection of applications shall be settled within 48 hours after registration, by the court or tribunal, in whose territorial area the electoral district is located. The judgment is not communicated. (6) Against the judgment given in the appeal, an appeal may be made within 24 hours of the ruling, at the higher hierarchical court. The appeal shall be resolved within 24 hours of registration. (7) The judgment on appeal is final and irrevocable. + Article 46 After the expiry of the application deadline, plus, if applicable, the time limits provided for in art. 45 45 para. (1), (2), (5) and (6), the constituency electoral offices conclude a report by which they find the final stay of the applications, display at their headquarters, as well as at the headquarters of the polling stations, after the establishment of the electoral bureaus of to them, the final applications, specifying the name and surname, domicile, political affiliation, profession and occupation of the candidate. Final applications can be made public by the press and by any means of mass information, the expenses being borne by those interested. + Section 6 Ballot papers + Article 47 The models of the ballots are established by the Government and are different for local councils and mayors. + Article 48 (1) The ballot will consist of one or more tabs. On the inner pages of the ballot paper will be printed quadrangles in sufficient number to include all lists of applications, respectively of independent candidates, in such a way that the last page remains white for the application of the stamp of control. ((2) The squares will be printed parallel to each other, two columns on the same page. (3) The name of the political party, political alliance or electoral alliance participating in elections or, as the case may be, the mention "Independent candidate" shall be printed at the angle on the upper left-hand side of the quadrilateral, and in the angle on the right up, the electoral sign. (4) In the quadrangles of each ballot will be printed the lists of candidates in the order resulting from the draw made by the president of the constituency electoral office; the candidates shall be identified on the list by name and surname and shall be pass in the order established by the political party, political alliance and electoral alliance that submitted the list. (5) For each independent candidate a distinct quadrilateral shall be printed in the final part of the ballot, in which they will be placed in the order of registration of the proposals. (6) For the election of the mayor, the name and surname of the candidate in the order established by the draw at the electoral office in the presence of party representatives shall be printed on the ballot papers. (7) The dimensions of the ballot shall be established by the constituency electoral office, taking into account the number of patrols, as well as the space necessary for printing the name of the candidates and the other data provided in par. ((3) and (4). (8) The paper for the ballot paper will be white and thick enough not to distinguish on the reverse the printed name and the given vote. (9) The full list of candidates shall mean the list comprising a number of candidates at least equal to the number of mandates established according to the law in the respective electoral district. (10) In order to establish the number of orders on the ballots that include lists of candidates and/or independent candidates for county councillors, the president of the county electoral district shall do so: a) in the first stage make the draw between all parties, political parties, political alliances or electoral alliances that have submitted complete lists of candidates for county councillors; b) in the second stage carries out the draw between all other political parties, political alliances or electoral alliances that have submitted lists of candidates for county councillors. (11) In order to determine the number of orders on the ballots comprising candidates for the mayor, as well as from the ballots comprising lists of candidates and/or independent candidates for local councillors, the president of the office Municipal, municipal or municipal district electoral district shall do so: a) in the first stage shall draw the draw only between those parties, political parties, political alliances or electoral alliances that have applied for mayor and complete lists of candidates for local councillors; b) the order numbers designated according to the provisions of letter a) are the same for each of the two categories of ballots; c) in the second stage, in addition to the order numbers on the ballot that includes candidates for the mayor, the draw is made between the other parties, political parties, political alliances or electoral alliances that have submitted candidacy for mayor; d) in the second stage, in addition to the order numbers on the ballot that includes the list of candidates and/or independent candidates for local councillors, the draw between the other parties, political parties, alliances political or electoral alliances that submitted lists of candidates for the respective local council. ----------------- Alin. ((9), (10) and (11) of art. 48 were introduced by EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 28 28 of 12 April 2000 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 153 153 of 13 April 2000. + Article 49 (1) Political parties, political alliances and electoral alliances may establish electoral signs that they communicate to the Central Electoral Office within 5 days of its constitution. (2) Political parties, political alliances and electoral alliances that participated in the previous elections may keep their electoral signs, having the obligation to communicate them to the Central Electoral Bureau, according to par. ((1). (3) Electoral signs cannot be contrary to the rule of law and good morals. (4) In all electoral districts, political parties, political alliances and electoral alliances, formed at national or county level, will use the same electoral sign. (5) In the case of new electoral signs, if the same sign is requested by several political parties, political alliances or electoral alliances, the award will be made for the benefit of the political party, political alliance or electoral alliance that recorded the first sign. (6) The Central Electoral Office shall communicate to the prefectures the electoral signs, until the date of final stay of the candidates, in order to print them on the ballots. + Article 50 (1) Printing of ballot papers shall be provided by district electoral bureaus through the care of prefects. (2) For the entire electoral district, the ballots will be printed in letters of the same size, the same characters and the same ink, in a number equal to the voters registered in the lists, with an extra 10%. (3) The buletins shall be printed no later than 10 days before the elections. + Article 51 (1) The voting bulletins shall be distributed in the electoral districts by the prefects and shall be taken over by the mayor, together with the president of the constituency electoral office, on the basis of minutes. The ballots shall be handed over to the chairmen of the electoral bureaus of polling stations, on the basis of minutes, at the latest in the presence of elections. (2) Distribution and handing over of ballots shall be made in sealed packages of 100 pieces each. + Article 52 At the town hall, at the headquarters of the constituency electoral office, as well as those of the polling stations will be displayed, within 3 days from the expiry of the print deadline, one ballot from each category, after being targeted and cancelled by the president of the constituency electoral office. + Article 53 At the request of political parties, political alliances, electoral alliances or independent candidates participating in the elections, the constituency electoral office will issue, for each, one ballot in each category, targeted and cancelled. + Section 7 Electoral campaign + Article 54 The election campaign begins on the date of public knowledge of the election date and ends two days before Election Day. + Article 55 (1) In the electoral campaign, candidates, political parties, political alliances, electoral alliances, as well as citizens have the right to express their opinions freely and without any discrimination, through rallies, gatherings, the use of television, the radio, the press and the other media. (2) During the election campaign, candidates for appropriate spaces to meet with voters in town halls, schools, amphitheatres, culture houses, cultural hostels and cinemas on the basis of understanding on the basis of understanding shall be ensured. Maintenance expenses. (3) The candidates will agree with the commanders of the military units, in relation to their schedule, meetings with the military within the deadline. These meetings will take place outside the military units. (4) The means used in the electoral campaign cannot contravene the law order. (5) It is forbidden to organize electoral campaign actions in military units. + Article 56 Repealed. -------------- Article 56 was repealed by LAW no. 43 43 of 21 January 2003 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 54 54 of 30 January 2003. + Article 57 ((1) The access of parliamentary parties, political alliances and electoral alliances, as well as of independent candidates to public broadcasting and television services, including those of their territorial studios, is free of charge. Non-parliamentary parties, political alliances and electoral alliances have access, free of charge, to territorial public broadcasting and television services, only to the extent that they submit lists of candidates in at least 50% of electoral districts from the contents of a county that enters the coverage range of the respective territorial studios. The antenna time granted in these situations will be proportional to the number of full lists of candidates submitted in that territory. political alliances and electoral alliances that submit full lists of candidates in at least 50% of electoral districts in 15 counties. (2) The organizations of citizens belonging to national minorities have access to the territorial and national public broadcasting and television services, if they participate in elections with lists of candidates in electoral districts in counties proportional to their share in the total population of the county, namely Romania. ((3) Access of political parties, political alliances, electoral alliances, as well as independent candidates and citizens ' organizations belonging to national minorities in private broadcasters, including cable television, is by contract concluded between financial trustees and those posts. Each post will practice unique rates per unit of airtime, for all applicants, under the conditions of this Article. (4) Political parties, political alliances and electoral alliances, as well as independent candidates and organizations of citizens belonging to national minorities have the obligation to request, within 5 days from the start of the electoral campaign, the management of broadcasting and television stations, public and private, as the case may be, their territorial studios, the granting of antenna times. Requests made after this deadline shall not be taken into account. (5) Antenna times at public and private broadcasters and televisions, including cable ones, shall be granted to political parties, political alliances and electoral alliances, in proportion to the number of complete lists of candidates submitted, each from Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, at maximum audience hours. Each independent candidate has the right to airtime, at the territorial studios, no more than 5 minutes, for the duration of the electoral campaign. Independent candidates from electoral districts in Bucharest municipality and those from county residences, who are not within the reach of a studio, have access to national public broadcasting and television services in the same country. Time interval, 5 minutes, for the duration of the electoral campaign. (6) Emissions transmitted during the broadcasting time to each political party, to each political alliance and electoral alliances, to independent candidates and to the organizations of citizens belonging to national minorities will be carried out in directly or registered, in the proportions set by them. (7) The observance of the provisions of the present law on the exercise of the right to the antenna falls within the competence of the National (8) In the context of the electoral issues, it is forbidden to combine colors, graphic signs or sounds to evoke the national symbols of Romania or another state. (9) The opinion polls that are broadcast outside the electoral broadcasts have the character of press news and follow their regime. + Article 58 (1) Mayors shall be obliged within 5 days from the beginning of the electoral campaign to establish by provision special places for electoral display, taking into account the number of political parties, political alliances and electoral alliances that declare that they will submit lists of candidates, candidates for mayor and independent candidates. These places will be located in areas frequented by citizens, without the embarrassment of traffic on public roads and other activities in the respective localities. (2) The use of electoral display places is allowed for political parties, political alliances and electoral alliances participating in elections and independent candidates. (3) It is forbidden to use by a political party, political alliance, electoral alliance or independent candidate of special places of electoral display, so as to prevent their use by another political party, alliance politics, electoral alliance or independent candidate. On an electoral panel, each political party, political alliance, electoral alliance or independent candidate can apply a single electoral poster. (4) In places other than those established according to par. (1), the electoral display is allowed only with the consent of the owners or, as the case may be, the holders (5) An electoral poster may not exceed the dimensions of 500 mm one side and 300 mm the other side, and the one by which an electoral meeting is convened, 400 mm one side and 250 mm the other side. (6) Electoral posters combining colors or other graphic signs are prohibited, so as to evoke the national symbols of Romania or another state. (7) Public order bodies shall be obliged to ensure the integrity of the electoral panels and posters. + Article 59 (1) Constituency electoral bureaus shall ensure the correct conduct of the electoral campaign in the constituency in which it operates, addressing complaints addressed to them regarding the prevention of a political party, political alliance, alliance electoral or independent candidate to conduct his electoral campaign under the conditions provided by law and in compliance with electoral deontology. (2) If the constituency electoral office considers, on the occasion of the resolution of the complaint, that administrative measures or the application of contravention or criminal sanctions are necessary, the competent authorities shall notify the competent authorities. (3) Against the solution given by the constituency electoral office can be appealed to the county electoral office, respectively to the Central Electoral Office; the solution given on the appeal is final. (4) The resolution of complaints and appeals is made within 3 days of their registration, and the decisions given shall be published in the press and shall be displayed, visibly, at the headquarters of the electoral office that issued them. + Chapter 3 Holding elections + Article 60 (1) Each polling station shall possess a sufficient number of cabins, ballot boxes and voting stamps, which shall be provided by the mayors. ((2) The cabins and the boxes must be placed in the same room where the office of the president is located. (3) The president of the electoral bureau of the polling station must be present at the polling station headquarters on the eve of the election day, at 18.00, being obliged to take immediately the necessary measures to ensure the order and correctness of the operations Voting. (4) The President will order the fixing of the guard posts around the voting place. + Article 61 (1) On election day, at 6.00, the president of the electoral bureau of the polling station, in the presence of the other members, checks the polls, the existence of electoral lists, ballots and stamps, after which he closes and seals the polls, applying the control stamp of the polling station. (2) The President shall be obliged to ensure the application of the control stamp on the ballot papers. --------------- Alin. ((1) art. 61 was amended by EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 63 63 of 26 May 2000 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 240 240 of 31 May 2000. + Article 62 (1) The president of the electoral bureau of the polling station is obliged to take the necessary measures for the elections to proceed in good conditions. (2) His powers, in this regard, also extend outside the polling station headquarters, up to a distance of 500 meters. (3) Foreign observers and national observers, accredited for this purpose, may participate in the conduct of voting operations. (4) They can be accredited, as national observers, representatives of non-governmental organizations that have the sole purpose of defending human rights and are legally constituted. (5) Persons designated by these organizations may not be members of any political party, political alliances or electoral alliances. (6) Accreditation of national observers can be challenged at the Central Electoral Office. (7) Outside the members of the electoral bureau of the polling station, candidates, persons accredited according to the law, as well as representatives of Romanian and foreign media, no other person can be stationed in public places in the polling area or in the voting place more than the time required for voting. (8) In order to maintain order, the chairman of the electoral bureau of the polling station will have the necessary means of order, through the care of the prefects. + Article 63 Voting takes place in one day. She starts at 7.00 and ends at 21.00. --------------- Art. 63 was amended by EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 63 63 of 26 May 2000 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 240 240 of 31 May 2000. + Article 64 (1) Voters will vote only at the polling station where they were registered in the electoral lists. (2) The access of voters to the voting hall takes place in series corresponding to the number of offices Each voter will present the voter card and the identity document to the electoral bureau of the polling station who, after checking the registration in the electoral list, will entrust the ballots and the voting stamp. (3) Voters will vote separately in closed cabins, applying the stamp with the mention "voted" in the quadrangle that includes the list of candidates or the name of the candidate they vote for. (4) The stamp with the words "voted" must be round and so dimensioned as to be less than the quadrangle in which it is applied. (5) After voting, voters will bend the ballots, so that the white page bearing the stamp of control will remain outside, and will enter them into the urn, taking care not to open. (6) The wrong impression of the ballot does not attract the nullity of the vote, if the secret of the vote (7) If the bulletin is opened by error, it shall be cancelled and shall be given to the voter, only once, a new bulletin, making mention of it in the minutes of the voting operations. (8) The stamp entrusted for voting shall be returned to the President, after which he will apply it on the voter card in the place corresponding to the number of elections, mentioning the date. (9) The President may take measures that the stationing of a voter in the polling booth should not be unduly extended. (10) Until the completion of the process of issuing identity cards, according to the law, for citizens with the right to vote who do not hold an identity card, namely voter card, after voting, on the identity document of each voter applies stamp with the words "Voted" and the date. ((11) Abrogat. -------------- Alin. ((11) art. 64 64 was introduced by LAW no. 164 164 of 30 July 1998 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 284 284 of 31 July 1998. Alin. ((2), (8) and (10) of art. 64 were amended by EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 63 63 of 26 May 2000 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 240 240 of 31 May 2000. Alin. ((11) art. 64 was repealed by EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 63 63 of 26 May 2000 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 240 240 of 31 May 2000. + Article 65 (1) Presidents, members of electoral bureaus of polling stations, as well as personnel charged with maintaining order shall vote at the polling station where they perform their respective duties, if they reside in the locality for which they are voted This precinct. (2) The military will vote for the local council and for the mayor of the locality where the military unit is located or, as the case may be, for the local council, the county council and the mayor of the home town, depending on the place where they vote. -------------- Alin. ((2) art. 65 was amended by EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 28 28 of 12 April 2000 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 153 153 of 13 April 2000. + Article 66 Candidates and any voter have the right to challenge the identity of the person who shows up to vote. In this case, the identity will be determined by the president by any means. If the appeal is based, the president will stop the contested voter from voting, will record the fact in a report and will refer this situation to the police authorities. + Article 67 (1) The chairman of the electoral bureau of the polling station may suspend the voting for thorough reasons. (. The suspension shall not exceed one hour and shall be announced by display at the door of the voting place at least one hour in advance. The duration of all suspensions may not exceed two hours. (3) During the suspension, ballot boxes, stamps, ballots and all works of the electoral office will remain under permanent guard, and members of the office will not be able to leave the polling room at the same time. (4) Those who, based on art. 62 62 para. (7), may assist in voting may not be required to leave the voting hall during this time. + Article 68 (1) The presence of any person in the voting booths, outside the voting booth, shall be prohibited. (2) The voter who, for thorough reasons, found by the president of the electoral bureau of the polling station, cannot vote alone has the right to call, in order to help him, in the polling booth, an attendant chosen by him. + Article 69 (1) For non-transportable voters due to illness or disability, at their request or of the governing bodies of health institutions or social protection institutions, in which the non-transportable are hospitalized, the president of the office electoral of the polling station designates, within the office, a number of members who travel with a special ballot box and the material necessary for voting, at the place where the voter is located, in order to carry out the voting. (2) In the cases provided in par. (1), the voting will be made on the basis of a nominal list drawn up on the basis of electoral lists, signed by the president of the electoral bureau of the polling station. + Article 70 At 21.00 or in the situation provided for in art. 63, at 24.00, the president of the electoral bureau of the polling station declares the voting concluded. + Chapter 4 Establishment and finding of election results + Section 1 Establishment of voting results + Article 71 (1) After the end of the voting, the chairman of the electoral bureau of the polling station shall proceed with the cancellation of the remaining ballots and at the opening of the polls, in the presence of the members of the office and, as the case may be, of persons entitled to assist in voting. (2) The President shall read aloud, at the opening of each bulletin, the list of candidates who were voted or, as the case may be, the name and surname of the candidate for mayor voted and will show the ballot to those present. (3) There are void bulletins that do not carry the stamp of control of the polling station, the ballots of a model other than the approved legal one, the ballots that do not have the stamp "voted" or to which the stamp is applied on several quadrangles or outside them; these ballots do not enter the calculation of valid votes cast. (4) The result will be recorded in two separate tables, for the local council, the county council, respectively for the mayor, one will be held by one member of the electoral office and another, by the candidates present. The table will also be drawn up for the general mayor of Bucharest. (5) In these tables will be registered the total number of voters, number of null votes, lists of candidates or, as the case may be, the names and surnames of independent candidates and those for mayor, as well as the number of votes Everyone. + Article 72 (1) After the opening of the polls and counting of votes, the chairman of the electoral bureau of the polling station concludes, for the council for which the elections took place, as well as for mayors, one minutes, in two copies. (2) The minutes shall include: a) the total number of voters according to electoral lists in the electoral district, of which: -total number of voters according to the permanent electoral list of voters; -total number of voters according to the supplementary electoral list of voters; -total number of voters according to the special electoral list of voters; -total number of voters according to the electoral list separated by voters; b) the total number of voters registered in electoral lists in the electoral district, who went to the polls, of which: -the total number of voters registered in the permanent electoral list of voters, who went to the polls; -the total number of voters registered in the supplementary electoral list of voters, who went to the polls; -the total number of voters registered in the special electoral list of voters, who went to the polls; -the total number of voters registered in the separate electoral list of voters, who went to the polls. c) the total number of valid votes cast; d) number of null votes; e) the number of valid votes cast, obtained by each candidate list or by each independent candidate; f) the number of valid votes cast, obtained by each candidate for mayor; g) the exposure, in short, of the meetings, appeals and the way of their resolution, as well as of the appeals submitted to the constituency electoral office; h) the state of the seals on the polls, at the end of the voting; i) number of ballots received; j) the number of remaining ballots, not used and cancelled. (3) The minutes will be signed by the president and the members of the electoral bureau of the polling station and will bear its stamp. (4) The lack of signatures of some members of the office does not affect the validity of the minutes. The president will mention the reasons that prevented the signing. --------------- Points a) and b) of par. ((2) art. 72 were amended by EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 28 28 of 12 April 2000 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 153 153 of 13 April 2000. + Article 73 (1) During the voting and opening operations of the polls, appeals may be made against these operations. (2) Appeals shall be made in writing and shall be submitted to the chairman of the electoral bureau of the polling station, who shall issue proof of receipt. (3) The chairman of the electoral bureau of the polling station will decide, immediately, on appeals whose resolution does not suffer delay. + Article 74 For each local council, county council, respectively for the mayor, a file will be drawn up that will include: minutes and appeals regarding the electoral operations of the polling station, as well as the null and those Challenged. The files, sealed and stamped, will be submitted to the constituency electoral office, by the president of the electoral bureau of the polling station, with military guard, no later than 24 hours after the end of voting, and accompanied, on request, by party representatives. + Section 2 Finding of election results + Article 75 (1) After receiving the minutes with the result of the counting of votes from all electoral bureaus of polling stations and after the resolution of appeals and meetings received, the constituency electoral office shall proceed to total votes cast and the award of mandates, under the conditions of this law. (2) For this purpose, the constituency electoral office shall record, on the entire constituency, separately for each list of candidates or independent candidates, the number of votes obtained. (3) The number of votes obtained shall also be added for each candidate for mayor. (4) On the works carried out by the constituency electoral office may assist persons who have the right to be stationed at the polling station premises during the elections. + Article 76 Elections for councillors are valid regardless of the number of voters who participated in the vote. -------------- Article 76 was amended by EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 28 28 of 12 April 2000 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 153 153 of 13 April 2000. + Article 77 (1) For the distribution of mandates of councillor the constituency electoral office shall establish: a) an electoral coefficient, determined by dividing the total number of valid votes cast for all lists and independent candidates for the total number of councillors in the respective electoral district, established according to the law; b) a limit of 5% of the total number of valid votes cast in the respective electoral district. (2) The difference between the number of valid votes cast in favour of each candidate list of parties, political parties, political alliances or electoral alliances or for each independent candidate shall be considered unused votes. the product between the electoral coefficient and the number of seats allocated according to paragraph ((4). (3) The electoral threshold is equal: a) with a limit of 5%, if the electoral coefficient is superior to the limit of 5%, provided in par. ((1) lit. b); or b) with the electoral coefficient, if it is below the limit of 5%. (4) The constituency electoral office will allocate to each party, to each political party, political alliances or electoral alliances that made the electoral threshold, within the number of candidates on the list, a number of mandates equal to the the entire result of the division between the number of valid votes cast for each party, political party, political alliance or electoral alliance and electoral coefficient; each independent candidate shall be assigned a mandate if the number of valid votes cast in favour is at least equal to the coefficient electoral. (5) The constituency electoral office will allocate to each party, to each political party, political alliances or electoral alliances that realized the electoral threshold the mandates remaining after the award provided in par. ((4), according to the list that includes the descending order of the number of unused votes provided in par. (2), giving them a mandate; the operation shall be repeated, in the order of the list, until the depletion of the mandates left undistributed. (6) If no party, political party, political alliance or electoral alliance or independent candidate makes the electoral threshold shall be allocated to each one a mandate, in descending order of the number of valid votes expressed in favor of each, until the exhaustion of the mandates established according to the law (7) For the situations referred to in par. ((4) and (5), if two or more parties, political parties, political alliances or electoral alliances have the same number of votes left unused prior to the assignment of the last remaining mandate to be assigned, it shall be assigned party, political party, political alliance or electoral alliance that obtained before the redistribution of votes the highest number of valid votes cast; if they have the same number of valid votes cast, assigning the mandate will be made by drawing lots. (8) The distribution of mandates awarded for each list of candidates submitted by parties, political parties, political alliances or electoral alliances is made in order to register candidates on the list. ((9) Candidates entered in the lists, who have not been elected, shall be declared alternates in those lists. In case of holiday of the mandates of councillors elected on lists of candidates, the alternates will occupy the places become vacant in the order in which they are entered in the lists, if until the date of validation of the mandate for filling the political parties vacancy, political parties, political alliances and electoral alliances on whose lists the alternate candidates confirm in writing that they are part of the political party, political party, political alliance or electoral alliance. In case of vacation of the mandate of an elected adviser as independent or of an adviser belonging to a political party, political party, political alliance or electoral alliance, which no longer has alternates on the electoral list, the place become vacant will be occupied by the first alternate on the list of political party, political party, political alliance or electoral alliance that obtained the highest number of valid votes cast. -------------- Point b) of par. 1 1 of art. 77 77 was amended by LAW no. 164 164 of 30 July 1998 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 284 284 of 31 July 1998. Art. 77 was amended by EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 28 28 of 12 April 2000 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 153 153 of 13 April 2000. Alin. ((9) art. 77 77 was amended by LAW no. 170 170 of 10 April 2002 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 256 256 of 16 April 2002. + Article 78 (1) For the office of mayor the centralization of votes is made by the constituency electoral office. (2) If at least half plus one of the number of voters registered in the electoral rolls of an electoral district has been cast to the vote and one of the candidates has obtained the majority of valid votes cast, it shall be declared mayor. (3) If out of the total voters registered in the electoral rolls from an electoral district they cast less than half plus one or if more than half plus one were cast to vote and no candidate has obtained a vote. half plus one of the valid votes cast, which will be recorded in the minutes concluded by the constituency electoral office, will be held the second round of elections. (4) The elections in the second round of elections take place two weeks from the date of the previous elections, with only the first two candidates participating in the descending order of the number of valid votes cast in favour of each one. If the second place is candidates who have obtained an equal number of valid votes cast in favour of each, they will participate in the second round of elections along with the candidate who won the highest number of votes. valid denominated in its favour. (5) Elections in the second round of elections shall be considered valid regardless of the number of voters who participated in the vote. (6) In the second round of elections, the candidate who obtained the highest number of valid votes cast is declared mayor. -------------- Art. 78 was amended by EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 28 28 of 12 April 2000 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 153 153 of 13 April 2000. + Article 79 In case of parity of votes of at least 2 candidates for mayor, they declare a runoff and will be organized, by right, new elections, within two weeks. Only candidates in the runoff situation will participate in them. + Article 80 (1) If one of the candidates for mayor, among which the second round of elections is to be held, according to the provisions of art. 78 78 para. (4), die, give up or no longer meet the conditions provided by law to be elected, the candidate located on the next place will participate in the second round of elections. (2) If the situations referred to in par. (1) shall be produced in the case of one of the candidates in the runoff situation according to art. 79, there will be no more elections, with the constituency electoral office declaring the other candidate mayor. -------------- Alin. ((1) art. 80 was amended by EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 63 63 of 26 May 2000 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 240 240 of 31 May 2000. + Article 81 (1) The constituency electoral office shall conclude, separately, a record for the local council, the county council and the mayor, regarding all electoral operations, the centralization of votes, the finding of the election result and the award warrants. In Bucharest the constituency electoral offices draw up separate minutes and for the general mayor and for the General Council of Bucharest. (2) The minutes shall include: a) the total number of voters according to electoral lists in the electoral district, of which: -total number of voters according to the permanent electoral list of voters; -total number of voters according to the supplementary electoral list of voters; -total number of voters according to the special electoral list of voters; -total number of voters according to the electoral list separated by voters; b) the total number of voters registered in electoral lists in the electoral district, who went to the polls, of which: -the total number of voters registered in the permanent electoral list of voters, who went to the polls; -the total number of voters registered in the supplementary electoral list of voters, who went to the polls; -the total number of voters registered in the special electoral list of voters, who went to the polls; -the total number of voters registered in the electoral list separated by voters, who went to the polls; c) the total number of valid votes cast; d) the total number of null votes; e) the total number of valid votes cast, obtained by each candidate list or by each independent candidate; f) the total number of valid votes cast, obtained by each candidate for mayor; g) the names and surnames of the candidates chosen for each local council and county council, political party, political alliance or electoral alliance that proposed, respectively the mention of independent candidate; h) the name and surname of the elected mayor and political party, political alliance or electoral alliance that proposed him or the mention of independent candidate; i) the short exposure of the meetings, appeals and decisions taken by the constituency electoral office that are final. ((3) The minutes shall be drawn up in two copies and shall be signed by the President and the other members of the constituency electoral office and shall bear his stamp. (4) A copy of the minutes for the local council, the county council and the General Council of the Municipality of Bucharest, together with the meetings, appeals and minutes received from the electoral bureaus of the polling stations, Forming a file, sealed and signed by the members of the constituency electoral office, shall be submitted to the local council, respectively to the county council and the General Council of Bucharest, in order to validate the elections. For the mayor, the file formed according to this paragraph shall be submitted, with military security, within 48 hours, to the court in whose territorial area is the electoral district for which he was elected, and in the case of the general mayor of Capital, at the Bucharest City Court. (5) The second copy of the minutes shall be sent, within 24 hours, to the county electoral office. (6) At the request of the members of the electoral bureaus of the polling stations who signed the minutes or representatives of the parties, political parties, political alliances and electoral alliances that submitted the lists of candidates, as well as the Independent candidates shall be issued, on a compulsory basis, by the chairman or deputy chairman of the electoral bureau with a certified copy of the respective minutes. (7) The constituency electoral office shall issue the evidence of elections to local councillors, county councillors and the mayor. (8) For the general mayor of Bucharest and for the General Council of Bucharest, the proof certificates of the elections are issued by the Electoral Office of Bucharest. -------------- Points a) and b) of par. ((2) art. 81 were amended by EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 28 28 of 12 April 2000 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 153 153 of 13 April 2000. Alin. ((6) art. 81 was amended by EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 28 28 of 12 April 2000 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 153 153 of 13 April 2000. + Article 82 (1) The county electoral bureau centralizes the votes and outcome of the elections by county, political parties, political alliances, electoral alliances and independent candidates and concludes a report for local councillors, county councillors and for mayors. (2) The minutes shall be concluded in two copies, within 24 hours from the receipt of all the minutes from the constituency electoral bureaus, and shall include: a) the total number of voters according to electoral lists in the electoral district, of which: -total number of voters according to the permanent electoral list of voters; -total number of voters according to the supplementary electoral list of voters; -total number of voters according to the special electoral list of voters; -total number of voters according to the electoral list separated by voters; b) the total number of voters registered in electoral lists in the electoral district, who went to the polls, of which: -the total number of voters registered in the permanent electoral list of voters, who went to the polls; -the total number of voters registered in the supplementary electoral list of voters, who went to the polls; -the total number of voters registered in the special electoral list of voters, who went to the polls; -the total number of voters registered in the separate electoral list of voters, who went to the polls. c) the total number of valid votes cast; d) the total number of null votes; e) the total number of valid votes cast, obtained by the lists of candidates for the office of councillor, grouped by political parties, political alliances or electoral alliances, as well as independent candidates; f) the total number of valid votes cast, obtained by candidates for mayor, grouped by political parties, political alliances, electoral alliances and independent candidates; g) the total number of mandates of councillors, grouped by political parties, political alliances, electoral alliances and independent candidates; h) the total number of mandates for mayor, grouped by political parties, political alliances, electoral alliances and independent candidates. (3) The minutes shall be signed by the members of the county electoral bureau and shall bear its stamp. (4) A copy of the minutes shall be submitted within 24 hours of the preparation, together with the minutes received from the constituencies ' electoral offices, with military security, at the Central Electoral Office. (5) The county electoral office shall publish, through the official Gazette of the county, the result of the elections for the -------------- Points a) and b) of par. ((2) art. 82 were amended by EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 28 28 of 12 April 2000 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 153 153 of 13 April 2000. + Article 83 The provisions of this law also apply accordingly for the election of the General Council of Bucharest. + Article 84 (1) The county councillors or the city of Bucharest, validated, cannot be part of the local councils at the same time; the vacant places are completed according to art. 77 77 para. ((9). Candidates chosen both as a local councillor and as a county councillor are obliged within 10 days from the date of the last validation to opt for one of the two qualities. (2) The provisions of this Article shall also apply to persons elected both as a sector councillor and in that of councillor of the city of Bucharest. -------------- Alin. ((1) art. 84 was amended by EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 63 63 of 26 May 2000 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 240 240 of 31 May 2000. + Chapter 5 Contraventions and offences + Article 85 It constitutes contraventions, insofar as, according to the law, are not crimes, the following facts: a) knowingly enrolling a voter in several electoral lists of the locality of domicile, enrolling in the electoral lists of fictitious persons or who do not have the right to vote, signing the list of supporters in violation of the provisions of art. 42, as well as the violation of the provisions regarding the display of electoral lists, lists of candidates and independent candidates or the use of electoral signs; b) failure, by the organizers, of the measures necessary for the normal conduct of electoral assemblies, as well as the distribution and consumption of alcoholic beverages during these meetings; c) destruction, damage, soiling, covering by writing or in any way the electoral lists, platforms-program displayed or any other posters or advertisements of printed electoral propaganda; d) displaying the means of electoral propaganda in places other than those allowed under the provisions of this Law; e) acceptance by a person of his/her registration in several lists of candidates; f) non-bringing to public knowledge, by the members of the constituency electoral bureaus, of the proposals for applications; g) refusal to allow access to the voting place of persons referred to in art. 62 62 para. ((7); h) refusal to comply with the provisions of the president of the electoral bureau of the polling station on ensuring order in the voting place and in the surroundings, according to the provisions of art. 62 62 para. ((2); i) unjustified refusal to hand the ballot and voting stamp to the voter registered in the list, who present the voter card and the identity document, as well as to hand the ballot to a voter who does not present these documents; j) the preparation by the electoral bureaus of the polling stations of the minutes in violation of the provisions of art. 72 72; k) leaving the polling station premises before the election result is established and the minutes by the members of the electoral bureau of the polling station; l) continuation of electoral propaganda, after the end of the electoral campaign according to art. 54, as well as the advice, on the day of voting, of voters, at the headquarters of polling stations or in the places provided by art. 62 62 para. (2), to vote or not to vote on certain political parties, political alliances, electoral alliances or independent candidates; m) repealed; n) the wearing, during the voting, by the members of the electoral bureau of the polling station or by accredited persons, by badges, badges or other means of electoral propaganda; o) the unjustified absence of the president, his lessor or members of the electoral bureaus, established according to the provisions of this law, from their activity. p) refusal of the president or deputy chairman of the constituency electoral office to issue a certified copy of the minutes provided in art. 81 81 para. ((6). -------------- Letter p) a art. 85 was introduced by EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 28 28 of 12 April 2000 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 153 153 of 13 April 2000. Letter i) a art. 85 was amended by EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 63 63 of 26 May 2000 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 240 240 of 31 May 2000. Letter m) a art. 85 85 was repealed by LAW no. 43 43 of 21 January 2003 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 54 54 of 30 January 2003. + Article 86 The contraventions provided in art. 85 lit. c), d) and g) shall be sanctioned with a fine of 300,000 lei to 700,000 lei, those provided in lett. e), f), j), k), l), m), n), o) and p), with a fine of 700,000 lei to 2,000,000 lei, and those provided in lett. a), b), h) and i), with contravention imprisonment from one month to 6 months or with a fine from 2,000,000 lei to 8,000,000 lei. -------------- Art. 86 was amended by EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 28 28 of 12 April 2000 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 153 153 of 13 April 2000. + Article 87 (1) Finding the contraventions provided in art. 85 is made by minutes drawn up by: a) the police officers and sub-officers, for the acts referred to in lett. a), b), c), d), f), g), h), i), l) and m); b) their mayors and their power of attorney, for the acts referred to in d) and f); c) the president of the constituency electoral office, for the facts provided in lett. e), j), k) and n); d) the chairman of the electoral bureau, in the case of its members, as well as the chairman of the superior hierarchical electoral office, in the case of the presidents of the lower hierarchical electoral bureaus and for their deputies, o) and p). (2) In the case of contraventions provided in art. 85 lit. c), d), e), f), g), j), k), l), m), n), o) and p), with the conclusion of the minutes the finding agent will also apply the fine. ((3) Contraventions provided for in art. 85 are also applicable to the provisions of Law no. 32/1968 * *) on the establishment and sanctioning of contraventions. (4) The minutes of finding the contraventions provided in art. 85 lit. a), b), h) and i) will be submitted to the court in whose territorial area the contravention was committed, which will apply the sanction, also taking into account the provisions Law no. 61/1991 . ------------- Letter d) a par. 1 1 of art. 87 was amended by EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 28 28 of 12 April 2000 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 153 153 of 13 April 2000. Alin. ((2) art. 87 was amended by EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 28 28 of 12 April 2000 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 153 153 of 13 April 2000. ------------- * *) Law no. 32/1968 has been repealed by ORDINANCE no. 2 2 of 12 July 2001 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 410 410 of 25 July 2001. + Article 88 (1) The prevention by any means of the free exercise of the right to choose or to be elected shall be punishable by imprisonment from 6 months to 5 years and the prohibition of some rights. (2) If, by the act provided in par. (1), an injury was caused to bodily integrity or health, which requires, for healing, care more than 60 days or that produced any of the following consequences: loss of a sense or organ, cessation of operation to them, a permanent physical or mental infirmity, sluggishness, abortion or endangerment of the person's life, the punishment is imprisonment from 3 to 10 years. (3) The attempt is punishable. + Article 89 (1) Violation by any means of the secrecy of the vote, by the members of the electoral bureau of the polling station or by other persons, shall be punished with imprisonment from 6 months to 3 years. (2) The attempt is punishable. + Article 90 (1) The promise, offering or giving of money or other benefits for the purpose of determining the voter to vote or not to vote for a certain list of candidates or independent candidate, as well as their receipt by voters, for the same purpose, shall be I'm punishing you from 6 months to 5 years. (2) The punishment provided in par. (1) shall also apply to the person who votes without having the right to vote or to the voter who votes several times on election day. (3) The attempt is punishable. + Article 91 (1) The printing and use of fake bulletins, the insertion into the urn of an additional number of ballots against those voted by voters, falsifying by any means of documents from the electoral bureaus, as well as the use of a book of Null or false voter is punishable by imprisonment from 2 to 7 years. (2) The attempt is punishable. -------------- Alin. ((1) art. 91 was amended by EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 63 63 of 26 May 2000 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 240 240 of 31 May 2000. + Article 92 (1) The attack by any means on the premises of the polling station, the theft of the ballot box or electoral documents shall be punishable by imprisonment from 2 to 7 years, if the act does not constitute a more serious crime. (2) The attempt is punishable. + Article 93 (1) The opening of the ballot box before the time set for the conclusion of the voting shall be punishable by imprisonment from 1 to 5 years. (2) The attempt is punishable. + Article 94 Limits of penalties for crimes provided for in the Criminal Code or in special criminal laws, except those provided in art. 88-93, committed in connection with the conduct of elections, according to Chapter III of this Law, shall be increased by the half of the special maximum. + Article 95 For all crimes committed in connection with the election of councillors and mayors, the criminal action is set in motion ex officio. + Article 96 Goods intended or used to commit the contraventions provided in art. 85 or the offences provided for in art. 88-93, or results from their commission, shall be confiscated. + Chapter 6 Transitional and final provisions + Article 97 (1) The expenses for organizing and holding elections shall be borne from local and county budgets. (2) The headquarters, endowment and expenses of the Central Electoral Office shall be provided by the Government. The headquarters and endowment of the county electoral offices and county district electoral offices shall be provided by the mayors of the county seat municipalities, together with the chairmen of the county councils and the prefects, and those of the offices electoral of communal, city, municipal and administrative-territorial subdivisions of the municipalities, as well as those of polling stations, by the mayor, together with the prefects. (3) The members of the electoral bureaus shall be granted an allowance established by the Government for each day of activity performed in the electoral campaign. + Article 98 Acts drawn up in the exercise of electoral rights provided for in this Law shall be exempt from stamp duty. + Article 99 (1) The Government, the chairmen of the county councils and the mayors shall ensure, in order to support the activity of the electoral bureaus, the statisticians and the necessary technical staff (2) Members of electoral bureaus, statisticians and auxiliary technical staff, who have the status of employees, shall be considered posted, during the period of their activity, at the electoral offices. (3) Accredited delegations may assist in electoral operations only if they present the act of accreditation. They cannot intervene in any way in the organization and conduct of elections, having only the right to refer the president to the electoral office in case of finding an irregularity. Any act of propaganda for or against a political party, political alliance, electoral alliance or independent candidate or attempt to influence the voter's option, and the violation in any way of the accreditation act attract the application legal sanctions, the cancellation of accreditation by the electoral office that found the deviation, and on the day of voting, the immediate removal of the respective person from the polling station. + Article 100 (1) The court's judgment of the meetings, appeals and any other requests provided for by this law shall be made according to the rules established by law for the injunction, with the mandatory participation of the prosecutor. (2) Against final and irrevocable decisions, rendered by the courts under this law, there is no remedy. + Article 101 (1) The terms per day, provided for by this law, shall be calculated from the day when they begin to run, even on the day when they are fulfilled, even if these are not working days. (2) During the entire period of the elections, the electoral bureaus and the courts shall ensure the permanence of the necessary activity in order to exercise by citizens the electoral rights. + Article 102 (1) Persons deprived of electoral rights by final judicial decision shall not participate in the vote and shall not be considered in determining the total number of voters, for the entire duration established by decision. (2) For persons held on the basis of a preventive arrest warrant or in the execution of a contravention contravention sanction, the provisions of art. 69 on the special urn. + Article 103 For the purposes of this law, the legally constituted organizations belonging to national minorities are assimilated to political parties, political alliances and electoral alliances. + Article 104 (1) Within 3 days from the establishment of the election date, the Government will establish the model of the copy of the permanent electoral lists and stamps of the electoral bureaus of constituencies, county electoral bureaus and the Central Electoral Office. It will also establish, at least 20 days before the election date, the model of the control stamp and the stamp necessary for voting, of the minutes to record the result of voting, of the proof certificate of election. advisers and the mayor and the certificate on the exercise of the right to vote. (2) The provision and receipt of forms, stamps and other materials necessary for voting shall be made on the basis of minutes. + Article 105 By identity document, for the purposes of this law, the identity card, the provisional identity card, the identity card, the certificate holding the identity card or the diplomatic or service passport are understood, and in the case In-term military and military school students, the military service card. -------------- Article 105 was amended by LAW no. 164 164 of 30 July 1998 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 284 284 of 31 July 1998. + Article 106 The county electoral offices will accredit as internal observers only citizens with voting rights empowered by a non-governmental organization that has as its object of activity the defense of human rights, legally established with at least 6 months before the election campaign begins. + Article 107 Persons designated as internal observers may not be members of a political party; accreditation shall be granted for all polling stations within the county electoral district or Bucharest municipality, only at the request of the organizations mentioned in art. 106, accompanied by the written declaration of each observer that it will comply with the accreditation conditions; the declaration is held on its own responsibility and constitutes an act of public law with all the consequences provided by law; the conditions of accreditation are those provided in art. 99 99 para. ((3) of the law and mentioned in the act of accreditation. + Article 108 Non-governmental organizations referred to in 106 are applicable to them, accordingly, the provisions of art. 56 56 para. ((9) and art. 99 99 para. ((3). + Article 109 The government will determine the duration and conditions of keeping the ballots used, challenged or uncontested, as well as the unfulfilled, stamps and other materials necessary for voting. + Article 110 (1) The provisions of this Law shall apply accordingly to elections held during a term of office, following the dissolution of local or county councils, invalidation or vacant declaration of office of mayor. (2) One year before the expiry of the normal term of office no more elections are held for local councils, county councils, mayors, the General Council of Bucharest and for the general mayor. -------------- Alin. ((2) art. 110 was amended by EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 63 63 of 26 May 2000 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 240 240 of 31 May 2000. + Article 111 By the name of the constituency electoral office, used by this law, it is understood the electoral office of communal, city, municipal, county, county and administrative-territorial subdivision of the municipality. -------------- Note: See also EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 2 2 of 4 January 2001 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 10 10 of 9 January 2001. ---------------