Almost 19 million eligible voters are
\nexpected to cast their ballot on Sunday to designate Romania’s 33
\nrepresentatives in the European Parliament and also to have their say in a
\nnational referendum called by the country’s president on justice issues. The voters
\nwill get three ballots, one for the European Parliament candidates and another
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Voters are requested to say ‘yes’
\nor ‘no’ on the following questions: ‘Do you agree that amnesty and pardoning on
\ngraft accusations must be banned? Must the government be banned from endorsing emergency
\nordinances aimed at pardoning crimes, indictments or getting involved in
\norganizing the judiciary? <\/p>\n
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The turnout will be registered on
\ntwo distinct election tickets for the two types of voting. Under the law, the
\nreferendum gets validated in case of a 30% turnout. The referendum’s outcome also
\ngets validation if the option expressed represents at least 25% of those
\nenlisted on permanent election tickets. <\/p>\n
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13 political groups are vying for a
\nseat in the European Parliament, the PSD, the 2020 USR PLUS Alliance, the Pro
\nRomania Party, UDMR, the National Liberal Party, ALDE, PRODEMO Party, PMP, the
\nRomanian Socialist Party, the Independent Social Democratic Party, the United
\nRomania Party, UNPR and the National Unity Bloc. Three independent candidates, Gregoriana
\nCarmen Tudoran, George Nicolae Simion and Peter Costea have also joined the
\nelection race. 18,730 polling stations have been set up all over the country
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The Romanian Foreign Ministry has
\nsent more than four million ballots to all the polling stations abroad. Voters
\nwho aren’t in their places of residence on election day can cast their vote in
\nany constituency after having enlisted themselves on additional election lists.
\nEU citizens who have enlisted on special lists can also cast their ballots in
\nthe European Parliament elections. <\/p>\n
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