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Article 45
 

(1) Voters who are in a penitentiary for security reasons or who are serving a sentence in the penitentiary may vote in the penitentiary.


(2) A voter who wants to vote in the penitentiary, shall file an application with the prison administration indicating his/her full name and ID number. The voter may apply for voting in the penitentiary not later than two days before election day.


(3) Administration of the penitentiary shall determine whether the person who wants to vote in the penitentiary is a citizen of the Republic of Latvia who will be 18 years of age by election day; if these requirements are met, the administration shall register the submission in the register of voting in penitentiaries.


(4) One day before election day, the administration of the penitentiary shall deliver the register indicated in Paragraph 3 of this Article to the relevant polling station commission.


(5) On election day, after the ballot station has been opened and ballot boxes have been sealed, the polling station commission shall deliver to the administration of the penitentiary forms of the lists of voters, lists of candidates nominated for the relevant constituency, ballot envelopes bearing a stamp of the relevant polling station commission and a sealed ballot box.


(As supplemented by the 26 February 2009 Law)