Upon receipt of the request for voting by letter, the PB checks the identity of the person making the request for voting by letter, determines whether the person who wishes to vote by letter is registered in the voters’ register and assesses the reasons for voting by letter.

If the polling board does not allow a person to vote by letter, the reasons for it shall be included in the Record of the Work of the Polling Board.

The president of the PB will perform electronic verification (identification) of the voter’s ID card or passport, and the printed confirmation/certificates will be kept with other documents necessary for voting by letter.

After performing the electronic verification (identification), the president of the PB shall hand over the voter’s ID card or passport to the submitter of a request for voting by letter, who is obliged to return the identification documents to the applicant for voting by letter without delay.

After it has been established that the conditions for voting by letter have been fulfilled, the PB shall deliver the following to the voter through four members of the commission from among the deputy members of the PB: a certified ballot paper, a consolidated electoral list, a special envelope for the control coupon, an excerpt from the voters’ register, sealing and writing accessories.

Voting by letter could be monitored by accredited election observers at the polling station.

In the procedure for voting by letter, a portable non-transparent ballot box is used, which is previously stamped at the polling station by the PB.

The shape and appearance of the ballot box referred to in paragraph 7 of this Article shall be prescribe the SEC.