ParliamentaryElections2020/ Second day of voting abroad starts in polling stations in USA and Canada

The second day of voting abroad is running in smooth conditions, at 17:00 hrs, Eastern European Time, polling stations organized in the west of the United States (Los Angeles, Anaheim, Sacramento, San Francisco, Los Altos, Las Vegas, Portland and Seattle) and Canada (Vancouver) being open, shows a release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) sent to AGERPRES. According to the quoted source, at the time of the release, voting concluded in 19 polling stations in New Zealand, Australia, the Republic of Korea, Japan, China, the Philippines, Malaysia, the Republic of Singapore, the Republic of Indonesia, the Kingdom of Thailand, Vietnam and Kazakhstan. MAE recalls that Romanians with domicile or residence abroad can vote in any of the 748 polling stations organized abroad. The polling stations are open between 7:00 and 21:00 hrs, local time, with the possibility of extending the program until 23:59 hrs at the latest if there are still voters at 21:00 hrs inside the polling station or are queuing outside it in order to enter the polling station. The Ministry recommends insistently that the applicable health protection norms be followed in polling stations abroad, as well as the measures adopted by the authorities in the domicile/residence state in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, including in regards to traveling to/from the polling station. Romanian citizens abroad can vote on the basis of one of the following identification papers: simple passport, simple temporary passport, simple electronic passport, with the mentioning of the country of domicile. Romanian citizens that have residence abroad can exercise their right to vote with a Romanian identity document (identity card, electronic identity card, provisional identity card, identity bulletin, diplomatic passport, diplomatic electronic passport, service passport, service electronic passport, simple passport, simple electronic passport, simple temporary passport), accompanied by a document issued by the authorities of the state of residence which proves the legal right to reside abroad for a period longer than 90 days. The list of these documents is available at www.mae.ro/sites/default/files/file/anexa_omae_1627_20191_cu_anexe.pdf. Romanian citizens abroad can exercise their right to vote even if the Romanian documents enumerated above have expired between March 1 - December 6, 2020. Information about the vote are available on the www.mae.ro website in a dedicated section, which also contains an interactive map of polling stations. Furthermore, the Romanian voters abroad have a phone number available - 0040214312065, with normal rates, available permanently until December 7, 20:00 hrs. AGERPRES (RO - author: Oana Ghita, editor: Florin Marin; EN - editor: Razvan-Adrian Pandea)