The draft says the money will come from the budget reserve fund at the Government’s disposal. The draft’s substantiation note says no funds were allotted to AEP’s budget for this program and the electoral register will allow people to check online whether they are registered to vote.
According to the draft, the register will allow mayors to update information on polling stations, allow checkups on the legal provisions regarding the drafting and update of permanent electoral lists and copies, and it will help prevent fraud through a series of control mechanisms. The same draft says this system was implemented at central level in 2011 and it will be extended to every city hall in the country in 2012.
Under the law, AEP has until this fall’s parliamentary and presidential elections to set up the electoral register.
“The elaboration of a computer program to allow the creation and administration of a database of all Romanian citizens with voting right, the delimitation of polling stations and the accurate drafting of electoral lists is underway,” the draft also says. (EUR1=RON4.3691)