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Article 3
 

 (1) The right to vote can be exercised by post only by observing the equal, secret, direct and freely expressed nature of the vote, in compliance with the law.


(2) Voters can exercise their right to postal voting only once, for every ballot, under the penalties provided for by the criminal law.


(3) Voters having confirmed the receipt of the documents necessary for exercising their right to postal voting, referred to in Article 10 (1), cannot exercise their right to vote during the respective ballot at the polling stations.


(4) If a voter having requested the right to postal voting ascertains that his/her application has not been registered in the Electoral Register, (s)he can send another application within the deadline set out in Article 4 (4).


(5) Voters are bound, under the penalties provided for by the criminal law, to observe the secrecy of the vote, and are prohibited from disclosing their voting option expressed by post to other persons.


(6) The exercise of the right to postal voting is personal. The exercise of the right to postal voting on behalf of or for another voter is prohibited, under the penalties provided for by the criminal law.


(7) The exercise of the right to postal voting shall be carried out only based on the voter’s free consent.


(8) The exercise of the right to postal voting is free of charge, under the law.