§ Section 45.¹(untitled)

(1) Voters who are subject to
arrest as the security measure or who are serving a sentence
related to deprivation of liberty may participate in the election
at the place of imprisonment.
(2) A voter who wants to vote at the place of imprisonment
shall submit a submission to the administration of the place of
imprisonment, indicating his or her given name, surname, and
personal identity number. Application for voting may be made not
later than on the second day before the election day.
(3) The administration of the place of imprisonment shall
verify whether the person who wishes to vote at the place of
imprisonment is a citizen of Latvia who will have attained 18
years of age on the election day and shall register the
submission in the list for voting at the place of
imprisonment.
(4) On the day before the election day, the administration of
the place of imprisonment shall deliver the list referred to in
Paragraph three of this Section to the relevant polling station
commission.
(5) On the election day, after the ballot station has been
opened and ballot boxes have been sealed, the polling station
commission shall deliver the forms for the list of participating
voters, the ballot papers of all the lists of candidates
nominated in the relevant constituency, ballot envelopes bearing
a stamp of the relevant polling station commission, and a sealed
ballot box to the administration of the place of imprisonment.
The Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs shall ensure that
the administration of a prison has access to the electoral
register online.
[26 February 2009; 23 September 2021]