§ Section 41(untitled)

(1) The postal envelopes received at the
polling station for postal voting shall be registered and stored
unopened until commencing the counting of votes. The envelopes
received by post shall be opened and counted after the voting has
been completed in all polling stations established abroad.
(2) The envelopes received by post shall be counted
separately, preparing a separate vote counting report.
(3) When starting to count the postal envelopes received, they
shall be sorted into two groups without opening - valid and
invalid postal envelopes.
(4) 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 voter's given name, surname, and sequential
number in the list of participating voters by post and therefore
it is not possible to identify the voter;
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.
(5) Valid postal envelopes shall be placed together and a
notation shall be made in the list of participating voters by
post 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.
(6) 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.
[25 May 2023]