Serbia Voter Roll Closes Friday, Then the Ministry Decides
The unified voter roll closes on October 9 at midnight. Until then local government offices correct entries, and afterward the Ministry of Public Administration handles requests.
Serbia’s unified voter roll for the snap parliamentary elections on October 25 closes on Friday, October 9, at midnight. Until then, municipal or city administrations decide on entries, deletions, changes, additions and corrections of data. After that moment the Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government rules on those requests, according to the schedule published by the Republic Electoral Commission (RIK).
The deadline is general, but counter hours are not. The City Administration of Subotica told voters that the roll can be inspected at City Hall, second floor, room 215, on weekdays from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon, no later than midnight on October 9. In Negotin, according to a notice from the Municipal Administration signed by its head, Zorica Mijuskovic, inspection at the counter was scheduled until midnight on October 3, while the municipal administration decides on requests to change data until the roll closes. Every voter should therefore check the schedule in their own municipality or city.
Where can you check your entry?
You can check in person at the municipal or city administration, on the website of the Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government (by entering your personal identification number and the registration number of your ID card), and through a link on the RIK website. RIK president Vladimir Dimitrijevic told RTS that this is the first election where checking is also possible through the eUprava portal. Login to the portal goes through the ConsentID app or a qualified electronic certificate. A valid ID card or travel document is required for inspection and for submitting a request at the counter.
What changes after the roll closes?
Requests are then submitted to the Ministry, no later than midnight on October 21, and the Ministry sends the changes to RIK by midnight on October 22. The decision on closing the roll must reach RIK by midnight on October 10, and certified extracts from the roll by midnight on October 11.
According to figures Dimitrijevic gave a few days ago, the roll contains about 6.44 million voters, with the caveat that the number changes every day. So far, 8,210 polling stations have been designated in the country, while stations abroad and in penal institutions have yet to be set. Dimitrijevic said that “by October 25 everything will be ready for the smooth conduct of the elections.”
The deadline to enter a request to vote at one’s place of residence in the roll expired at midnight on October 3.
What deadlines follow until the vote?
- October 14: applications from international and foreign observers
- October 17: applications from domestic observers
- October 19: delivery of voting invitations
- October 20: election material to local election commissions
- October 22 at midnight: the election silence begins, lasting until 8 p.m. on October 25
- October 23 at midnight: election material to polling boards
Polling stations will be open on October 25 from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
