SUCCINTE CONSIDERAŢII ASUPRA UNEIA DIN PREMISELE EXERCITĂRII DREPTULUI DE A VOTA: CABINELE DE VOT
BRIEF CONSIDERATIONS ON ONE OF THE CONDITIONS FOR THE EXERCISE OF THE RIGHT TO VOTE: THE VOTING BOOTHS

Summary/Abstract: On the occasion of the elections to the European Parliament held in Romania on 26 May 2019, we found that, unlike previous elections, the number of voting booths in some polling stations decreased. Therefore we chose to examine the applicable legal regulations in this matter, as well as the correlations between the number of voting booths and the number of stamps with the mark "VOTED" used for these elections. Replacing the rule that equality between the voting booths and the number of stamps should be maintained, with the rule that the number of stamps must be at least equal to the number of voting booths, has allowed the number of voting booths to fall below the legal minimum, without this being too obvious due to the preservation of the number of stamps in previous quotas. This decrease in the number of voting booths has led to a lag in the electoral process, as well as the formation of voters' queues. Therefore, de lege ferenda is required a return to the previous rule that stated the equality between the number of polling booths and the number of stamps. In addition, the competent authorities should exercise their powers of control even on the number of voting booths allocated to each pooling station precisely because of its impact on the smooth running of the electoral process.

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