Voting by Post by a Voter Permanently Residing in the Territory of the Slovak Republic, who Stays out of its Territory at the Time of Election

(1) The voter permanently residing in the territory of the Slovak Republic, who stays out of its territory at the time of election, may ask the municipality of permanent residence for voting by post in writing or in electronic form. The application must be delivered no later than 50 days before the date of election. The application delivered after the specified period shall not be taken into account.

(2) The application must contain the following data on the candidate:

a) name and surname,

b) personal ID number,

c) address of permanent residence,

d) address of residence abroad.

(3) No later than 35 days before the date of election, the municipality shall send to the voter to the address of residence abroad

a) an envelope pursuant to Article 22 (3),

b) ballot papers,

c) return envelope,

d) voting procedure instruction.

(4) The return envelope must be designated with the password “VOTING BY POST". It must contain the address of the seat of the Municipality Office of the municipality as addressee and the voter's address as sender.

(5) The voter may designate the preferred candidates in the ballot paper by ringing the serial number of maximum four candidates provided in one ballot paper.

(6) The voter shall put the ballot paper into the envelope and the sealed envelope into the return envelope, which is sent. The postal charges are paid by the voter.

(7) The voting results shall include the votes in the ballot papers delivered to the voter’s municipality of permanent residence no later than on the last business day before the date of election.

(8) The return envelopes delivered within the time limit pursuant to Paragraph 7 shall be handed over by the municipality to the respective District Electoral Commission after the voting has been declared commenced.

(9) In the presence of a representative of the municipality, the District Electoral Commission shall ring the serial numbers of the voters and designate voting by post in the electoral roll. After opening the return envelopes and taking out the envelopes with the ballot papers, the representative of the municipality shall put these envelopes into the ballot box.