§ Section 48(untitled)

(1) In starting to count the envelopes
received by post, the postal envelopes shall be sorted into valid
and invalid postal envelopes without opening them.
(2) Such postal envelopes shall be deemed invalid which:
1) have been sent by voters who have not applied for postal
voting;
2) have been sent by voters who have voted at the polling
station;
3) do not bear the given name, surname, and sequential number
of the voter with which he or she has been registered in the
voter list for postal voting;
4) have been received after the commencement of the counting
of votes;
5) have been sent from the Republic of Latvia;
6) have been received from voters who have sent several postal
envelopes.
(3) Valid postal envelopes shall be placed together and a
notation shall be made in the voter list for postal voting that a
valid postal envelope has been received. The total number of
valid postal envelopes shall be recorded in the election
procedure log. Invalid postal envelopes shall not be opened but
the total number thereof shall be recorded in the election
procedure log.
(4) In opening a valid postal envelope, it shall be verified
whether it contains only one ballot envelope. If there are
several ballot envelopes in the postal envelope, all of them
shall be deemed invalid. A ballot envelope shall be deemed
invalid if it does not contain a signed form confirming that the
voter has voted in person.
[23 September 2021]
[6 February 2014 / See
Paragraph 3 of Transitional Provisions]