§ Section 24(untitled)

(1) If until the time period specified in
Section 15 of this Law no list of candidates for the elections of
the relevant local government council is registered, only one
list of candidates is registered or the number of registered
candidates is less than the number of councillors to be elected
to the relevant local government, the Central Election Commission
shall, within three days, take a decision to extend the time
period for the submission of lists of candidates by 10 days. A
decision of the Central Election Commission shall be published in
the official gazette Latvijas Vēstnesis and displayed in a
place visible for the voters at the building of the relevant
local government council. If the number of candidates is less
than the number of councillors to be elected even after extension
of the time period, the Central Election Commission shall, within
two weeks, announce repeated elections of the relevant council in
accordance with the procedures specified by this Law.
(2) [11 November 2004]
(3) If even then the required number of candidates is not
nominated, a temporary administration shall be established in the
relevant administrative territory in accordance with the
procedures specified by law.
(4) The local government election commission shall ensure the
printing of the lists of candidates on separate forms - ballot
papers. The following information shall be provided on a ballot
paper:
1) the name of the council where elections take place;
1¹) the number of the list of candidates;
2) the name of the list of candidates;
3) the number of order, given name and surname of the
nominated candidates.
(5) Opposite the surname of each candidate on the ballot paper
there is a space for the voter to make a mark.
(6) The local government election commission shall, not later
than five days before the election day, send ballot envelopes and
ballot papers to all polling station commissions. Ballot papers
shall be sent in such an amount that each voter may receive one
ballot paper for each list of candidates registered in the
relevant electoral district. Production and distribution of
ballot envelopes to the local government election commissions
shall be ensured by the Central Election Commission in accordance
with the procedures specified thereby.
(7) The election commission shall number the lists of
candidates, determining their numbers by drawing lots. The
lottery shall take place in the sequence of registration of the
lists. Ballot papers for issuance thereof to voters shall be
arranged in the order determined by drawing lots.
(8) The ballot papers, envelopes, electoral rolls, ballot
boxes, and other election materials starting from the first day
of elections until transfer thereof to the city or municipality
election commission shall be kept in the building where the
polling station is located in accordance with the procedures laid
down by the Central Election Commission, ensuring the physical
and technical security of the relevant premises.
[6 November 1996; 6 December 1996; 6 April 2000; 11
November 2004; 2 October 2008; 13 December 2012; 14 February
2013; 11 June 2020; 17 June 2020]