§ Section 45.³(untitled)

(1) Soldiers and national
guardsmen who are performing service duties in international
operations may take part in the election in the region of the
relevant international operation if it is possible to ensure
conformity with the conditions of this Law.
(2) The Central Election Commission shall, not later than four
weeks before the election day, hand over the seal of the polling
station commission, voter recording devices, registration
envelopes, safety seals, forms for the lists of participating
voters, ballot papers of all the lists of candidates nominated in
the constituency of Rīga, ballot envelopes, and the ballot box to
the National Armed Forces for transfer to a person authorised by
the Commander of the National Armed Forces.
(3) On the election day, before voting starts, the person
authorised by the Commander of the National Armed Forces shall,
in the presence of the first voter, ascertain whether the ballot
box is empty and shall seal it. The Office of Citizenship and
Migration Affairs shall ensure that the person authorised by the
Commander of the National Armed Forces has access to the
electoral register online. The person authorised by the Commander
of the National Armed Forces, having previously ascertained
online that the person is a voter and that there is no notation
in the electoral register on the participation of this person in
the relevant election of the Saeima, shall make a notation
in the electoral register online on the participation in the
relevant election of the Saeima and enter the given name,
surname, and personal identity number of the voter in the list of
participating voters. If there is a notation in the electoral
register on the participation of the voter in the election but he
or she denies that, the person authorised by the Commander of the
National Armed Forces shall act in accordance with the procedures
laid down in Section 48.¹, Paragraph 2.¹ of
this Law. The person authorised by the Commander of the National
Armed Forces shall issue to each voter the ballot papers of all
the lists of candidates nominated in the constituency of Rīga and
the ballot envelope bearing the seal of the relevant polling
station commission and the voter shall sign the list of
participating voters, thus confirming this fact. The issuing of
separate ballot papers is prohibited. Voting shall be organised
in the presence of at least three voters. In the case of
disruption to activity of the electoral register online,the
person authorised by the Commander of the National Armed Forces
shall act in accordance with the procedures laid down in Section
48.² of this Law.
(4) Voting in the elections shall be by secret ballot. A
separate booth shall be set up for voting in accordance with
Section 23, Paragraph one of this Law.
(5) A voter shall select a ballot paper corresponding to the
list of candidates for which he or she shall vote, if he or she
so wishes, shall make the marks referred to in Section 23,
Paragraphs two and three of this Law therein and shall place the
ballot paper in the ballot envelope and seal the envelope. The
voter shall insert the sealed ballot envelope into the sealed
ballot box.
(6) The counting of votes shall be performed in accordance
with the procedures specified by the Central Election Commission.
A commission for the counting of votes in the composition of not
less than three persons shall be set up for the counting of
votes.
(7) After counting of votes and completion of the vote
counting report, voter recording devices, registration envelopes,
lists of participating voters, all valid ballot papers, invalid
ballot papers together with the relevant ballot envelopes, unused
and invalid ballot envelopes, election procedure log, and vote
counting report shall be packed, sealed, and delivered
immediately to the Joint Headquarters of the National Armed
Forces for the transfer thereof to the Central Election
Commission.
(8) The election procedure in the region of the international
operation shall be supervised by the authorised person of the
Commander of the National Armed Forces.
(9) A soldier and national guardsman who wish to vote by post
shall do so in accordance with the procedures laid down in
Section 45 of this Law.
[6 February 2014; 18 January 2018; 23 September
2021]