- Published: 09.04.2024.
Announcement to voters for the Election of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) from Croatia
Voters who are nationals of other Member States of the European Union may apply for entry in the Electoral Register no later than 30 days before election day i.e. until 9 May 2024.
The President of the Republic of Croatia issued a Decision Calling the Election of Members of the European Parliament from the Republic of Croatia.
The election will be held on Sunday 9 June 2024.
Voters can check their data entered in the Electoral Register at: https://biraci.gov.hr/RegistarBiraca/.
Voters can view, supplement and change the data entered in the Electoral Register, and apply for:
1. temporary registration in the Electoral Register outside their domicile
2. prior registration
3. active registration
4. issuance of a certificate for voting outside their place of domicile (the so-called “yellow certificate”)
by 29 May 2024 at the latest.
Applications may be submitted to the competent administrative authority of a county or the City of Zagreb or through the e-Citizens system. The competent administrative bodies of the counties and the City of Zagreb, which maintain the Electoral Register, will publish their contact details and working hours on their websites.
VOTERS WITH A DOMICILE IN CROATIA
- Voters who wish to vote in Croatia in a place other than their place of domicile should apply for TEMPORARY REGISTRATION for that place.
- A voter who wishes to vote abroad must apply for PRIOR REGISTRATION.
The Application Form for Prior Registration may be submitted abroad, to any diplomatic mission or consular post of the Republic of Croatia, or, in Croatia, to the competent administrative authority of a county or the City of Zagreb.
- Exceptionally, voters may apply to the competent administrative authority with which they are registered in the Electoral Register for a CERTIFICATE FOR VOTING OUTSIDE THE PLACE OF DOMICILE (the so-called “yellow certificate”) without specifying where they will be residing on election day, which enables them to vote at any polling station in Croatia or abroad.
VOTERS WITHOUT A DOMICILE IN CROATIA
- Voters who have been issued a personal identity card containing a domicile address outside Croatia or have applied for such an identity card do not have to apply for active registration, as they will be actively registered ex officio for the relevant country and consular area according to the domicile address indicated on the identity card.
If they wish to vote in the territory of another diplomatic mission or consular post abroad or in Croatia, or if they have a registered domicile address different from the foreign domicile address indicated on the identity card, they must apply for a change of place of active registration. Otherwise, they will only be able to vote in the state and consular area according to the foreign address indicated on the personal identity card, where they are already actively registered ex officio.
- Voters without a personal identity card indicating their domicile address outside Croatia must apply for active registration in order to vote abroad or in Croatia.
- The APPLICATION FORM FOR ACTIVE REGISTRATION and the APPLICATION FORM FOR A CHANGE OF PLACE OF ACTIVE REGISTRATION can be submitted to the nearest diplomatic mission or consular post of the Republic of Croatia abroad, or, in case the voter intends to be in Croatia on election day, to the competent administrative authority of a county or the City of Zagreb.
e-Citizens
Voters who have credentials and access to the e-Citizens system may apply for temporary registration, prior registration and active registration and make changes to the applications through the e-Citizens system.
ISSUANCE OF VOTING CERTIFICATES ON ELECTION DAY
We call the attention of voters with a domicile in Croatia to the fact that only voters with a domicile address in Croatia and valid personal identity card are entered on the electoral roll and will be listed on the copies of the electoral roll submitted to polling stations.
Voters without a valid personal identity card may exercise their right to vote with a voting certificate issued on election day by the competent administrative authority of a county or the City of Zagreb according to the voter’s domicile address.
Voters without a domicile address in Croatia and are not actively registered may exercise their right to vote abroad by means of a certificate issued on election day by the diplomatic mission or consular post of the Republic of Croatia abroad.
NATIONALS OF OTHER EU MEMBER STATES
Voters who are nationals of other Member States of the European Union may apply for entry in the Electoral Register no later than 30 days before election day i.e. until 9 May 2024.
Nationals of other EU Member States who have a registered permanent or temporary residence in Croatia may exercise their right to vote in Croatia in the election of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) from the Republic of Croatia, under the same conditions as Croatian nationals.
They may exercise their right to vote in Croatia if they apply for entry in the Electoral Register to the competent administrative authority of the county or the City of Zagreb according to their residential address in Croatia, until 9 May 2024.
The Application Form for Registration in the Electoral Register of a national of another EU Member State must be accompanied by:
a) a statement indicating:
a) a statement indicating:
- the voter's nationality; residential address in Croatia; previous residential address abroad;
- that that the voter will exercise the right to vote only in Croatia;
- that the voter is not deprived of the right to vote in the EU Member State of which they are a national;
b) a copy of a foreign identity document.
The application is to be submitted in the Croatian language.
The application is to be submitted in the Croatian language.
LIST OF COMPETENT ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITIES OF COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF ZAGREB