More polling stations will be opened in the Republic of Moldova by the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the 9 June Europarliamentary elections than in the previous elections.
More polling stations will be opened in the Republic of Moldova by the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the 9 June Europarliamentary elections than in the previous elections.
Thus, while in 2019 there were 36 polling stations, in 2024 there will be 52 polling stations. In total, 915 polling stations will be open at the headquarters of Romania's diplomatic missions and consular offices abroad for this election, 474 more than the polling stations organised for the 2019 European parliamentary elections, informs the MFA in Bucharest.
It should be recalled that in the 2019 Europarliamentary elections, approximately 38 thousand Moldovans with Romanian citizenship voted in the Republic of Moldova.
According to MAE, the number of polling stations organised abroad was established on the basis of regular consultations of representatives of diplomatic missions with representatives of Romanian diaspora communities and taking into account the dynamics of relocation of Romanian citizens in the diaspora in recent years.
Most of the sections will be organised in the states where the largest communities of Romanian citizens are located: Italy (150 polling stations), Spain (147 polling stations), United Kingdom (104 polling stations), Germany (87 polling stations), France and Monaco (67 polling stations), Republic of Moldova (52 polling stations), USA (45 polling stations), Belgium (24 polling stations), Austria (17 polling stations), Ireland (16 polling stations), Kingdom of the Netherlands (16 polling stations), Denmark (14 polling stations), Canada (12 polling stations).
The list of polling stations abroad and their addresses can be found on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the section dedicated to elections.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs reminds that for the European parliamentary elections of 9 June 2024, Romanian citizens with the right to vote who are domiciled, reside or are temporarily abroad may vote at any polling station organised abroad, on the basis of a Romanian identity document valid on voting day: identity card; electronic identity card; provisional identity card; identity card; diplomatic passport; electronic diplomatic passport; service passport; electronic service passport; simple passport; simple electronic passport; simple temporary passport; in the case of students from military schools, military service card.
Voting in the 9 June 2024 ballot begins at 07:00 local time and ends at 22:00. Voters who are at the polling station at 22:00 and those who are queuing outside the polling station to enter the polling station may exercise their right to vote until 23:59 local time.
Who is running for the European Parliament on behalf of Romania
Romania has 33 MEPs, the same as in the legislature just ended.
Romania has closed lists, meaning that citizens can only vote for lists, not separate candidates, except for independents. Other countries have preferential voting, i.e. you vote for the candidate and not the whole list or you can change the order of candidates on the list.
In Romania, 15 parties and alliances have submitted lists of candidates for the European elections.
There are also seven independent candidates.
What you need to know about the European Parliament electi ons
The European Parliament will have a total of 720 MEPs, 15 more than the current forum.
The electoral threshold is 5% in nine EU countries, including Romania. Thirteen others have no electoral threshold. There are also states with electoral thresholds of 4%, 3% and 1.8%.
The European parliamentary elections take place on 9 June 2024 in most EU countries. Only the Netherlands will hold them on 6 June, Ireland on 7 June, the Czech Republic on 7 and 8 June, Latvia, Malta and Slovakia on 8 June and Italy on 8 and 9 June.
Estonia is the only country that also has electronic voting for citizens abroad. There are also a few countries where voting is compulsory - Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece and Luxembourg.
In most EU countries the minimum age for candidates is 18 or 21, in Romania it is 23 and in Greece and Italy 25.
Translation by Iurie Tataru
