§ Section 45(untitled)

(1) A voter who wishes to vote by post
shall submit a submission for postal voting to the relevant
diplomatic or consular mission of the Republic of Latvia on site,
by post, or electronically. The voter shall indicate in the
submission his or her given name, surname, personal identity
number, and electronic mail address or official electronic
address. The voter may apply for postal voting 70 days before the
election day but not later than three weeks before the election
day. If the election takes place in the case provided for in
Article 48 of the Constitution, a voter may apply for postal
voting one week after the day when the election is announced, but
not later than two weeks before the election day.
(2) Upon receipt of such submission, the polling station
commission shall, following commencement of activity of the
electoral register:
1) verify in the electoral register whether the submitter is a
voter who has not been registered yet for postal voting;
2) make a notation in the electoral register on the
application of a voter for postal voting and enter the electronic
mail address or official electronic address indicated by the
voter;
3) register the voter in the voter list for postal voting.
(3) If the submission for postal voting has been submitted
without complying with the procedures laid down in Paragraph one
of this Section or if the submitter is not a voter, or the
submitter has already been registered for postal voting by
indicating the same electronic mail address or official
electronic address, the polling station commission shall refuse
to send election documents by a reasoned decision. The appeal of
the decision to decline the delivery of the election materials
shall not suspend its operation.
(4) A voter who has been registered for postal voting may
change the indicated electronic mail address or official
electronic address not later than three weeks before the election
day by submitting a submission thereon to the relevant diplomatic
or consular mission of the Republic of Latvia in accordance with
the procedures laid down in Paragraph one of this Section. If the
election takes place in the case provided for in Article 48 of
the Constitution, the voter may change the indicated electronic
mail address or official electronic address not later than two
weeks before the election day.
(5) The polling station commission shall, not later than 15
days before the election day (if the election takes place in the
case provided for in Article 48 of the Constitution - not later
than 10 days before the election day), send the website address
where voting materials are available to the voter to the
electronic mail address or official electronic address indicated
in the submission.
(6) Application for postal voting shall also be possible by
using the free electronic service available on the service portal
of the State administration www.latvija.lv or on the official
website of the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs 35
days before the election day but not later than three weeks
before the election day (if the election takes place in the case
provided for in Article 48 of the Constitution - not later than
two weeks before the election day). When applying in such manner,
the voter shall, in addition to the information referred to in
Paragraph one of this Section, also indicate the foreign country
from which he or she intends to send his or her vote. In respect
of the applications received in the electronic service, the
activities referred to in Paragraphs two, three, and five of this
Section shall be performed by the Central Election Commission.
The Central Election Commission shall send to the relevant
polling station commissions the information on voters who have
applied for postal voting in the electronic service. The polling
station commissions shall supplement their voter list for postal
voting accordingly.
(7) If a voter who has applied for postal voting arrives at a
polling station on the election day, he or she may vote at the
polling station.
[23 September 2021]