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Article 7
 

Voters who wish to vote by messenger shall


1. in the presence of the messenger and a witness insert the vote envelopes that have been arranged in an outer envelope for votes by messenger,


2. stick the outer envelope down,


3. on the envelope


a) certify that they have arranged vote envelopes and the outer envelope in this way and that vote envelopes have not been arranged earlier than allowed; voters referred to in Section 4, first paragraph, shall also certify on the outer envelope that they satisfy the requirements to vote by messenger,


b) state their name and their personal identity number.


On the outer envelope the witness and messenger shall state their


1. names,


2. personal identity numbers,


3. addresses,


and certify that the voter has personally done that prescribed by the first and second paragraphs and that they are not aware of anything whereby the information that the voter has provided is not correct. Furthermore, it shall be noted which of the categories referred to in Section 5, first paragraph apply to the messenger.


 witness shall have attained the age of 18.