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Votul prin corespondenţă şi infracţiunile electorale
Postal voting system and electoral infractions

Author(s): Teodor Manea
Subject(s): Criminal Law
Published by: Editura Hamangiu S.R.L.
Keywords: The postal voting system; electoral infractions; the specific incrimination canon;

Summary/Abstract: With the introduction of the 288/2015 law our national legislation know the institution of the correpondence ballot as part of the postal voting system. The procedure is meant to be used only be the persons with the right to vote that have their domicile or residence abroada and it shall be used only in the elections for the Parliament members. Our discussion starts by pointing aut that the text of this special law does not have any penal norms we notice that in its case the electoral infraction from the Penal Code are to be applied. Nevertheless, the answer of the legislator of not providing a distinct infraction for the postal voting system is an unfortunate one, especially when taking into account the solutions provided by other law systems. Debating around the specific nature of the procedure, coupled with the multiple problems that arise in practice within our present context we believe there is a need for an exclusive incrimination to protect the postal voting system.

  • Issue Year: IV/2016
  • Issue No: IV
  • Page Range: 271-279
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Romanian