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A-WEB World Election Database Survey 2024

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Questionnaire

(1)Member EMB Information

1. Country where your organization is located:  Romania

2. Name of your organization: PERMANENT ELECTORAL AUTHORITY OF ROMANIA

3. Date of your organization’s establishment: 2003

4. Type of organization: Constitutionally independent organization

5. Composition of Commissioners (eg., Chairperson, two Vice Chairpersons, one Secretary General, nine Commissioners): President- Mr. Toni GREBLĂ, VicePresident-Mr.Zsombor VAJDA, VicePresident-Mr.Cosmin-Gabriel POPP

6. Method of selecting the Chairperson:
□ Elected □ Appointed

7. Term of the Chairperson (Head) of your organization (please select one):

□ Until retirement age

□ Permanent with no limit

□ Fixed term (years) :  8 Years

- Reappointment possible: □ Yes □ No

8. Total number of staff (based on full-time employees at all levels of organization): 411

9. Primary roles and functions of the Organization (please select all that apply):

□ Election management

□ Voter registration

□ Delimitation of electoral districts

□ Management of political party affairs

□ Management of political funds affairs

□ Enactment and amendment of the Election Law

□ Voter education

□ Mediation of electoral disputes

□ Investigation and enforcement against election law violations

(2)World Election Database

Ⅰ. National System

1. Form of Government:

□ Presidential system

□ Parliamentary system

□ Semi-presidential system 

□ Other (please specify):

2. Term of the President (if applicable): (   5   ) years,

    2-1.Reappointment possible: □ Yes □ No

3. National Assembly:

□ Unicameral

□ Bicameral

4. If Unicameral:

    4-1. Term of Members of Parliament: (     ) years

    4-2. Limit on the number of reappointments: □ Yes □ No

    4-3. Number of seats in the Parliament: (  )

5. If Bicameral:

     5-1. Term of Members of the Upper House: ( 4 ) years

     5-2. Limit on the number of reappointments: □Yes □No

     5-3. Number of seats in the Upper House: ( 136 )

     5-4. Term of Members of the Lower House: (  4   ) years

     5-5. Limit on the number of reappointments: □Yes □No

     5-6. Number of seats in the Lower House: ( 330 )

Ⅱ. General Electoral System

6. Presidential Election: □ Direct □ Indirect

     6-1. Runoff voting system in the Presidential Election: □ Yes □ No 

7. Parliamentary Election:

      7-1. Upper House:

      □ Direct □ Indirect
      □ Majoritarian □Proportional □Mixed (Majoritarian_______ %, Proportional _______%) 

      7-2. Unicameral or Lower House:
      □ Direct □ Indirect
      □ Majoritarian □Proportional □Mixed (Majoritarian _______%, Proportional _______%)

Ⅲ. Recent Election Status

8. What was the most recent election held? (It can be the last election, no matter how long ago)

     8-1. Type of election:

              □ Presidential □ Parliamentary □ Local □Referendum □Others (please specify): ________________________

      8-2. Date of the most recent election held (if the exact date is unavailable, please provide the year): 24 November 2024

*Please answer the following questions (9-13) based on the most recent election you mentioned above:

9. Number of polling stations:

    □ Domestic ___18,968____ □ Overseas ____950____

10. Opening/Closing time of polling stations: _7am to 9pm

11. Number of registered voters: __18,994,290   

12. Voter turnout (%):       

13. Did your Organization run international election observation program?

      □ Yes □No □Other: ________________________

Ⅳ.Electoral System: Voting and Counting Procedures

14. Voting age: _______18________

15. Age of candidacy:

     15-1. President: _______35_________

     15-2. Member of Parliament:  33 yrs for Senate, 23 years for Chamber of Deputies

16. Is overseas voting allowed? □ Yes □ No

17. Please select all applicable methods for overseas voting:

      □ Mail □ Visit to Embassy/Consulate □ Other (please specify):

18. Is voting compulsory? □ Yes □ No

19. Please check all special voting methods available:

      □ Advance voting (early in-person voting)

      □ Postal voting
      □ Mobile booth voting
      □ Proxy voting
      □ Voting assistance for individuals with neurodevelopmental or  physical disabilities or senior citizens
      □ Other (please specify):

20. The primary status of the staff involved in voting and ballot counting:

      □ Civil Servants □ Civilians

21. Is biometric data (fingerprints, photo, signatures, etc.) used to verify voters on election day?

      □Yes □ No □ Other: ________________________

22. How is voting conducted? (please select all that apply):

      □ Manual (marking a paper ballot and placing it in the ballot box)

      □ Electronic- optical scanner

      □ Electronic- touch screen voting

      □ Electronic- internet voting

      □ Other: ________________________

23. How is the vote counting conducted? (please select all that apply):

      □ Manual □ Electronic □ Other

24. Where is the vote counting conducted? (please select all that apply):

      □ At each polling station □ At a central counting center

25. When does vote counting begin? (please select all that apply):

      □ Immediately after voting ends □The following day □ Other:

26. How long does it take from the election day to announce the results? 8 december for Parliament (7 days) and 12 december for President(4 days)

27. Is there a unified voter registry?

      □ Centralized national registry □Multiple regional registries

28. How often is the voter registry updated?

       □Monthly □Annually □Only before elections □ Other (please specify):

29. Does the voter need to personally register to vote?

       □Yes □ No

Ⅴ. Political Funds

30. Is there a system where the national or local government partially covers the election campaign costs 

      for candidates?    

      □ Yes (including conditional coverage) □ No

31. Does the national or local government provide subsidies (separate from campaign costs) for the           

      operation of political parties or elections?   

       □ Yes □ No

32. Is there a limit on election expenses?

     □ Yes □ No

33. Are the details of candidates' election expenditures posted online?

     □ Yes □ No 

________ ↓ Previous Information ↓________​

○ Presidential Election  

 - Seat: 1

 - Term of office: 5 years

○​ Parliamentary Elections  ​

· Chamber of Deputies

 - Seats: 311

 - Term of office: 4 years

· Senate

 - Seats: 135

 - Term of office: 4 years

○​ Election system  ​

· Number of polling stations: 18,968 in Domestic and 950 Overseas​

· Opening and closing time of polling stations

 -  7 am and 9 pm respectively​​

· Number of registered voters: 18,994,290 (2024 election)

· Voter turnout: 51.18% (2019 presidential election)

· Voting age: 18 

- Presidential: absolute majority through a two-round system

- Parliamentary

  1. Bicameral with an undetermined number of deputies and senators elected for four-year terms. 

  2. A total of 311 single-member districts for the lower house, the Chamber of Deputies, and 135 single-member districts for the upper house, the Senate, are established across 42 counties on the basis of a legally established quota.

  3. Three Candidates run in single-member districts and are elected either by obtaining an absolute majority of votes or through mandate allocation designed to ensure proportional representation at the national and county levels.

· Voting process: Verify voter's ID Card -> Receive Ballots -> Mark Ballots -> Cast Ballots​​​

· Counting process

  1. Manual Count in Voting Room: take each ballot out of the box one by one consecutively, and display it to the candidates to witnesses.​

  2. Recorded files shall be submitted to the county electoral bureau.

· Time to take to announce voting results in the country:​ within 24 hours at most of the closing of voting​