§ Art. 74Early voting procedure

Early voting procedure.
A voter wishing to cast a ballot in early voting shall identify him- or herself to the
presiding officer by producing a personal identification document bearing the voter’s name,
personal identification number (kennitala) and photograph, such as a passport, driving licence
or identity card, or by other means deemed satisfactory by the presiding officer. The presiding
officer shall make a mark in the electoral register indicating who is casting a vote at the
presiding officer’s station, cf. paragraph 1 of Article.
Following the recording thereof, the voter shall be given the voting materials. The voter
shall then, without assistance and without anyone seeing, write his or her vote on the ballot
paper in the manner prescribed in paragraph 2 of Article 73. The voter shall then place the
ballot in the ballot envelope and carefully glue the top flap together. Next, the voter shall
address and sign the covering letter in the presence of the presiding officer, who shall witness
the casting of the vote by signing the covering letter and, if applicable, stamp it with an
official seal.
Voters are entitled to be assisted when casting their ballots. Such assistance shall be
provided by the presiding officer or an assistant accompanying the voter to the polling station.
Assistance shall only be given if the voter him- or herself can tell the person providing the
assistance how the voter wishes to cast the ballot. The voter’s assistant must abide by the
instructions of the voter and shall be bound by a duty of confidentiality not to disclose what
passes between the assistant and the voter in the polling booth. A candidate or a candidate’s
spouse, children, siblings and parents are not permitted to assist with voting. A voter’s
assistant is not permitted to become an assistant to more than three voters in the same poll.
During voting under paragraph 3, the provisions of Articles 73–77 shall apply to voters’
assistants.
Finally, the ballot paper envelope together with the covering letter shall be placed inside the
sending envelope, which shall then be carefully closed. The envelope shall then be addressed
to the electoral commission in the municipality where the voter believes he or she is registered
on the electoral register. The voter’s personal identification number (kennitala) shall be
written on the back of the postal envelope. Instead of a personal identification number, a
special label containing the voter’s personal identification number may be placed on the
envelope. The National Electoral Commission shall lay down further rules on the design and
use of such a label.