Postal voting by electors who do not have permanent residence in the Slovak Republic

(1) An elector who does not have permanent residence in the Slovak Republic and who has been registered in the special electoral register pursuant to section 10 shall be sent by the city borough of Bratislava-Petržalka not later thirty-five days before polling day to his or her address of permanent residence abroad:

a) an envelope pursuant to section 28,

b) ballot papers,

c) a return envelope, and

d) instructions on how to vote.

(2) The return envelope must be marked with the words "POSTAL VOTE". There must be written on it the address of the local authority of Bratislava-Petržalka as the addressee and the address of the elector pursuant to section 10(2)(c) as the sender.

(3) For voting, section 30(5) shall apply where necessary.

(4) After placing a ballot paper into the envelope, the elector shall place the sealed envelope into the return envelope and send it by post. The postal charge shall be paid by the elector. 

(5) Only votes on those ballot papers delivered not later than the last working day before polling day shall be counted towards the election result.

(6) Delivered return envelopes and the special electoral register pursuant to section 10 shall be submitted by the city borough of Bratislava-Petržalka on polling day to the polling district commission established for the polling district pursuant to section 12(4).

(7) In the presence of a representative of the city borough of Bratislava-Petržalka, the polling district commission established for the polling district commission pursuant to section 12(4) shall circle in the special electoral register the numbers of those electors who sent return envelopes. It shall then open the return envelopes and take out the envelopes with ballot papers; the representative of the city borough of Bratislava-Petržalka shall then place these envelopes into the ballot box.   

(8) The polling district commission established for the polling district pursuant to section 12(4) shall begin to establish the result of polling immediately after the envelopes are placed into the ballot box.

(9) The procedure for establishing the result of polling in a polling district is subject to sections 36 to 40. 

(10) Postal voting by electors who do not have permanent residence in the Slovak Republic is not subject to sections 28 to 33.