Election type

Lithuania, Central Electoral Commission, Law on Elections to the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania (consolidated version from 28 May 2021 to 31 December 2021), accessed 16 December 2021

Article 70

Republic of Lithuania, Law on Presidential Elections No I-28 (1992, last amended in 2013), accessed 8 October 2020

Article 30. List of Voters of the Republic of Lithuania

The list  of voters  of the  Republic of  Lithuania shall be compiled  by   the  Electoral  Committee  for  Elections  of  the President of  the Republic  according  to  the  lists  of  voters submitted by the town or regional electoral committees as well as the lists of voters residing abroad at least 20 days prior to the day of the election.

Republic of Lithuania, Law on Referendums, 4 June 2002  No IX-929 (last amended on 20 December 2018 – No XIII-1830), accessed 12 October 2020

Article 57. Voting in diplomatic missions or consular posts of the Republic of Lithuania and in additional polling places abroad at a diplomatic mission or consular post of the Republic of Lithuania.

1. Citizens who have gone to foreign states shall be entitled to vote in diplomatic missions or consular posts of the Republic of Lithuania during their business hours. Not less than 4 hours must be allotted for voting during a business day of the said institutions. Voting in an additional polling place abroad at a diplomatic mission or consular post of the Republic of Lithuania shall take place within the hours set by the diplomatic mission or consular post of the Republic of Lithuania. Voting shall end on referendum day, Republic of Lithuania time. […]

Republic of Lithuania, Law on Elections to the European Parliament (2003, last amended on 2013),  accessed 8 October 2020

Article 26. Electoral Rolls of Municipalities, and of Voters Residing Abroad

1. The electoral roll of a municipality shall be drawn up in the electronic information media by the Central Electoral Committee according to the electoral roll of the Republic of Lithuania and the place of residence of a voter indicated therein, and shall be delivered to the municipal electoral committee at least 39 days before the elections.

2. Rolls of citizens of the Republic of Lithuania residing abroad shall be drawn up in accordance with the electoral roll of the Republic of Lithuania and the information supplied by the diplomatic missions of the Republic of Lithuania. The persons entered on such rolls shall be requested to confirm that in these elections to the European Parliament they will elect only for the Republic of Lithuania. Such confirmation shall not be requested from the voters who vote in the State other than a Member State of the European Union. Rolls of the citizens of the Republic of Lithuania, residing abroad, shall be revised by the diplomatic missions of the Republic of Lithuania.

3. A roll of citizens of the Republic of Lithuania whose place of residence is unknown shall be compiled besides the rolls specified in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article.