§ Section 22(untitled)

(1) Not less than one tenth of voters have
the right to submit to the Central Election Commission a fully
drawn-up draft law or draft amendments to the Constitution,
indicating their given name, surname, personal identity number
and the date of signing. The draft law or draft amendments to the
Constitution may be submitted within 12 months from the date when
the draft law or draft amendments to the Constitution have been
registered with the Central Election Commission.
(2) Within these 12 months, each signature of a voter must be
certified by a sworn notary, at the local government institution
for the declaration of a place of residence, the Orphan's and
Custody Court which is performing notarial activities. in a
municipality by the head of a rural territory [pagasts] or town
administration or at diplomatic and consular missions of the
Republic of Latvia in foreign countries by the consular official
who is entitled to perform notarial functions. Certified
signatures shall be collected on a signature sheet approved by
the Central Election Commission. The person who certifies a
signature shall save the information regarding signing in the
online signature collection system of the Central Election
Commission in accordance with the procedures laid down by the
Central Election Commission.
(3) The fee for the certification of a signature in respect to
signature collection on the draft law or draft amendments to the
Constitution shall be determined in the Orphan's and Custody
Court or local government authority by taking into account the
direct administrative costs of certification of the signature,
however, not more than half of the sum laid down in law for the
certification of authenticity of a signature in the Orphan's and
Custody Court.
(4) If identification of signatories and personal data
protection is ensured, the signatures may also be collected
electronically through the single State and local government
service portal (www.latvija.lv) or another online system chosen
by the initiative group for the respective purpose. The owner
(administrator) of the single State and local government service
portal shall not collect fee from signatories.
(5) The Cabinet shall determine the security and technical
requirements to be complied with if the single State and local
government service portal (www.latvija.lv) or another online
system is used for signature collection and shall determine the
authority that will evaluate the compliance of the online system
used for signature collection with the security and technical
requirements determined by the Cabinet. Certification of
compliance shall not be performed for the online signature
collection system of the single State and local government
service portal.
(6) The decision of the authority determined by the Cabinet by
which it was refused to issue a certificate on compliance of the
online system with the requirements laid down in laws and
regulations may be appealed to a court in accordance with the
procedures laid down in the Administrative Procedure Law.
[8 November 2012; 3 December 2020]