§ Article 39Delivery of Voter Certificate

1.The polling district referendum committee shall organise the delivery of voter certificates to the voters. Provided a voter who is abroad has informed the Republic of Lithuania diplomatic mission (consulate) of his address, the voter certificates shall be delivered or sent by post, by the Republic of Lithuania diplomatic mission (consulate). A voter certificate shall not be delivered to a voter who shall vote aboard a ship.
2. The delivery of a voter certificate shall be marked off in the preliminary voter list of a referendum polling district. A voter certificate shall be either delivered to the voter personally or another person who lives together with the voter, or to a neighbour of the voter, who knows the voter and promises to deliver the certificate to the voter. The delivery of voter certificates to voters must be finished at least 20 days before voting in the referendum.
3. The voter who has not received a voter certificate in time or one who has received a voter certificate with incorrect data, must, without delay, inform thereof the polling district referendum committee in the territory of which he resides, and to produce for the referendum committee his passport or other document confirming his identity. If the voter is registered in the voter list of this referendum polling district, the polling district referendum committee must write out a new voter certificate to the voter and issue it to him immediately. If the voter is not registered in the voter list of this referendum polling district, but the address of his residence according to the data of the population register falls within the territory of this referendum polling district or if the voter produces some other evidence attesting that he resides within the territory of this referendum polling district, the polling district committee shall ask him to fill out an application form established by the Central Electoral Committee for registering the voter in the voter list of this referendum polling district (or this application form may be filled out by a member of the polling district referendum committee). The polling district referendum committee shall forthwith notify about it the city, regional referendum committee, which must cause to have the voter registered on the basis of this application in the voter list of the referendum polling district. The voter certificate shall be issued and delivered to the voter following the updating of the voter lists.
4) A city, regional referendum committee may, in the manner prescribed by the Central Electoral Committee, issue a voter’s certificate to a voter who is registered in the voter list of a different city, regional voter list if said voter is not able to return to his permanent place of residence to collect or obtain in some other manner a voter certificate. The voter must apply for this in writing and produce the passport of a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania or a personal identification card.