The European Parliament elections in the Czech Republic shall be governed by the Act No. 62/2003 Coll., on the European Parliament Elections and on amendment of selected other laws, as amended (hereinafter only the ”Act”). 
 

The European Parliament elections in the Czech Republic shall be held on May 23^rd to 24^th, 2014. On Friday, May 23^rd, 2014 the polling stations will be open from 2 PM to 10 PM. On Saturday, May 24^th, 2014, the polling stations will be open from 8 AM to 2 PM.

 

Citizens of EU member states have the right to vote in European Parliament elections in the Czech Republic, provided they:

- have reached the age of 18 by the second day of elections;

- have been registered for at least 45 days, as of the second day of the elections, as a permanent or temporary resident in the Czech Republic (i.e. at least from April 9^th, 2014);

- enjoy full legal capacity to vote; and

- are listed on a List of Voters for the European Parliament elections.

 

A person, whose personal freedom has been reduced for the reasons of protection of public health or whose legal capacity to vote is limited shall not be allowed to vote. 
 

Lists of Voters for the European Parliament elections are maintained by the local authorities, municipal authorities, township authorities, municipal authorities of statutory towns which are not further divided into districts, and municipal district authorities (hereinafter the „local authority“). Lists of Voters are compiled in keeping with the relevant legislation, new lists are prepared for every European Parliament elections. Citizens of other EU member states will be entered onto the lists provided they:

- applied to be entered onto the Lists of Voters for the European Parliament elections on the territory of the Czech Republic,

- have already applied to be entered onto the Lists of Voters for the European Parliament elections on the territory of the Czech Republic during the past European Parliament elections in 2009 or in 2004, have not applied for deletion from such list and meet conditions required for the exercise of their right to vote,

- are included in the appendix to the permanent list of voters for the purposes of local and municipal elections and apply with the local authority administering such appendix in which they are included to transfer their personal data kept therein to the Lists of Voters for the European Parliament elections.
 

Applications under Articles (1) and (2) above shall be filed in person. Citizens of other EU member states shall present, upon submitting the application, their personal ID. The respective municipal authority shall, no later than 15 days prior to the commencement of the elections, i.e. no later than May 8^th, 2014, inform the applicant for the entry on the list of voters for the European Parliament Elections in the Czech Republic of the outcome of their application.

 

Application for Entry onto the List of Voters for the European Parliament Elections in the Czech Republic (pdf, 141 kB)

Application to Transfer Data from the Appendix to the Permanent List of Voters to the List of Voters for the European Parliament Elections in the Czech Republic (pdf, 141 kB)
 

Applications for entry onto the List of Voters for the European Parliament elections in the Czech Republic, as well as applications to transfer data from the appendix to the permanent list of voters to the List of Voters for the European Parliament elections in the Czech Republic, shall be accompanied by a solemn declaration of the applicant, in which the applicants state the following:

1. their citizenship,

2. their residency,

3. the address of the election district where they have been registered as voters in the European Parliament Elections, and

4. a declaration that they will cast their European Parliament vote solely in the Czech Republic. 
 

Election cards shall be issued by the local authority to voters who are registered on the local authority´s List of Voters for the European Parliament Elections and are not able to or do not wish to vote in their respective election district.

 

Voters who are registered on the List of Voters for the European Parliament elections may apply for their election card from the day the elections are announced. The application shall be done in writing and bear a notarized signature of the applicant. It shall be submitted to the respective local authority no later than 15 days prior to the commencement of the elections, i.e. no later than May 8^th, 2014. The local authority shall, no sooner than 15 days prior to the commencement of the elections, issue the election card to the voter in person, issue it to a person holding a power of attorney bearing a notarized signature of the applicant, or send it to the applicant.  
 

Ballot tickets shall be delivered to all voters no later than three days prior to the election day. Every voter shall vote in person, representation is not permitted.

Voters who are citizens of other EU member states shall, upon arrival in the polling station, establish their identity and citizenship of the relevant EU member state.
Voters who fail to establish their identity and citizenship shall not be allowed to vote.
Voters bearing an election card shall submit the card to the district electoral committee.
After having been marked in the excerpt from the List of Voters for the European Parliament elections, such voters shall receive from the district election committee an empty official envelope. Voters may ask the district election committee to replace their missing, written over or otherwise marked ballot tickets with new ones.

 

Voters who are not listed on the excerpt from the List of Voters for the European Parliament elections shall not be allowed to vote. This provision shall not apply to voters bearing election cards. 
 

After having received an official envelope and, if needed, ballot tickets, voters proceed to the designated area, where they placeone ballot ticket to the official envelope. Voters may circle a maximum of two candidate numbers on this ballot ticket to indicate their preferences.  Other modifications to the ballot ticket shall not be taken into consideration.

 

Voters shall enter the designated area alone. No other persons are permitted to accompany them, including members of the district election committee. Voters who are unable to complete their vote for disability or illiteracy reasons may be accompanied to the designated area by another voter, but not by a member of the district election committee. The accompanying voter shall follow the respective voter´s instructions and modify and place the selected ballot ticket into the official envelope.

 

After having left the designated area, voters proceed to the ballot box located in front of the district election committee and insert the official envelope with the ballot ticket into the box. Voters who are unable to insert their official envelope into the ballot box by themselves may ask another voter, not a member of the district election committee, to do so on their behalf.