The Center for Democratic Transition (CDT) submitted an initiative to the Constitutional Court to evaluate the legality and constitutionality of the Rules on voting by letter.
The CDT said that the Rules on voting by letter introduced a residence requirement for voting, and in that way, as they stated, a by-law set a limitation for the exercise of the right to vote, which is not in the Constitution or in the Law on the Election of Councilors and Members of Parliament .
"If this rule remains in force, voting by letter will be denied to all persons who are receiving home or hospital treatment or in self-isolation outside their place of residence," the statement said.
The CDT said that, after trying to solve the problem through an initiative to the State Election Commission, the only remaining option is to turn to the Constitutional Court.
"Given the short deadlines until the elections, this is the last opportunity to protect the voting rights of Montenegrin citizens who are, through no fault of their own, infected or suspected of being infected with the coronavirus, outside their place of residence," the announcement concludes.
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