The Council of Europe consultant led a tailor made specific training session on the use of the updated "Preliminary registration" module and newly developed Postal Voting module, covering all stages of the postal voting process, starting with the voter’s identification, registration, sending of the parcel/envelope with a ballot paper, receipt of the envelope, counting the votes. This excercise supports recent legislative changes aimed at enabling Moldovans living outside the country to participate in elections by mail.
For the Presidential elections and the Republican Constitutional Referendum Moldova will open around 234 polling stations abroad, including 3 for the postal voting across 6 countries: the USA, Canada, Sweden, Finland, Island and Norway. A total of 1.986 Moldovan citizens registered for postal voting in those countries.
The action was organized as part of the Council of Europe Project ”Improving Electoral Practice in the Republic of Moldova, Phase III”, in partnership with the Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Moldova.