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Article 13
 

Voters who wish to vote by post shall


1. in the presence of two witnesses insert the vote envelopes that have been arranged in an outer envelope for postal votes,


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 and that it took place abroad or onboard a ship in foreign traffic respectively,


b) state their name and their personal identity number.


On the outer envelope the witnesses shall state their 


1. names,


2. personal identity numbers or the corresponding identification details,


3. addresses, and certify that the voter has personally done that prescribed by the first paragraph and that they are not aware of anything whereby the information that the voter has provided is not correct.


A witness shall have attained the age of 18.