§ Section 48.¹(untitled)

(1) A voter may cast a vote for
the depositing thereof before the election day. Polling stations
where votes can be cast for the depositing thereof shall be
established in all local governments. In local governments where
there are more than 20 000 citizens with the voting right,
polling stations where it is possible to cast a vote for
depositing thereof shall be set up in a way to ensure that there
is one such polling station per whole number of 20 000 citizens
with the voting right. The working hours of the polling stations
on the relevant days shall be as follows: on Monday from 17.00 to
20.00; on Thursday from 9.00 to 12.00; on Friday from 10.00 to
16.00. During this time the polling station commission shall work
in a composition of not less than four persons.
(2) Inside the polling premises, a member of the polling
station commission who has previously ascertained online that
information on the person has been included in the electoral
register and that there is no notation therein 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 of the voter in the election and
enter the given name, surname, and personal identity number of
the voter in the list of participating voters. The voter shall
sign the list of participating voters.
(2¹) If there is a notation in the electoral
register on the participation of the voter in the election, the
polling station commission shall contact the polling station
commission in which the voter has voted according to the
information in the electoral register. The polling station
commission in which the voter has voted previously shall annul
the entry made in the list of participating voters on the fact of
casting the vote for the depositing thereof.
(3) The voter shall receive from the polling station
commission the ballot papers of all the lists of candidates
nominated in the constituency, a registration envelope bearing
the voter's given name, surname, and sequence number in the list
of participating voters, and a ballot envelope which is sealed
with a seal of the relevant polling station commission.
(4) The voter shall, on his or her own, perform the activities
specified in Section 23 of this Law, place the sealed ballot
envelope in the registration envelope, seal it and give it to the
polling station commission which shall, in the presence of the
voter, stamp the registration envelope with the seal of the
relevant polling station commission and throw it in a sealed
ballot box.
(5) A voter who has cast a vote for the depositing thereof may
vote on the election day. The polling station commission to which
he or she has deposited a vote for the depositing thereof shall
annul the entry made in the list of participating voters on the
fact of casting the vote for the depositing thereof and the voter
shall vote in accordance with the procedures laid down in Chapter
III of this Law.
(6) When a polling station commission opens ballot boxes once
the elections are over (Section 31, Paragraph three), it shall
sort the registration envelopes into two groups - valid and
invalid envelopes. The registration envelope is invalid if the
relevant voter has voted again later, if it has not been stamped
with the seal of the relevant polling station commission, or if
it does not bear the voter's given name, surname, and sequence
number in the list of participating voters. The invalid
registration envelopes shall be counted and packaged unopened.
The polling station commission shall open the valid registration
envelopes and count the votes as specified in Chapter IV (Section
31, Paragraph four) of this Law.
[8 April 2021; 23 September 2021]
[23 September 2021]