Voting by Post by a Voter not Permanently Residing in the Territory of the Slovak Republic

(1) The voter not permanently residing in the territory of the Slovak Republic may apply for voting by post in writing or in electronic form. The application for voting by post must be delivered to the Ministry of Interior no later than 50 days before the date of referendum. The application delivered after the specified period shall not be taken into account.

(2) The application for voting by post must contain the following data on the candidate:

a) name and surname,

b) personal ID number, and if the personal ID number has not been assigned, the date of birth,

c) address of residence abroad.

(3) The voter shall attach the following to the application for voting by post

a) declaration on oath in the official state language that he/she is not permanently residing in the territory of the Slovak Republic,

b) a photo copy of the part of the travel document of the Slovak Republic with the voter’s personal data or a photo copy of the certificate of citizenship of the Slovak Republic

(4) No later than 35 days before the date of referendum, the Ministry of Interior shall send to the voter, who has applied for voting by post, to the address of residence abroad

a) the envelope pursuant to Article 22 (3) equipped with official seal of the Ministry of Interior,

b) ballot paper,

c) return envelope,

d) voting procedure instruction.

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

(6) The voter shall ring the answer “yes” or the answer “no” in the ballot paper.

(7) 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.

(8) The voting results shall include the votes in the ballot papers delivered to the Ministry of Interior no later than on the last business day before the date of referendum. The Ministry of Interior shall hand over the return envelopes to the District Electoral Commission established for the special district on the date of referendum

(9) The District Electoral Commission established for the special district shall ring the serial numbers of the voters and designate voting by post in the special electoral roll. After opening the return envelopes and taking out the envelopes with the ballot papers, it shall put the envelopes into the ballot box.

(10) The provisions of Article 29 (2) to (4) and Articles 209 and 210 shall apply accordingly to the procedure in determining the voting results.

(11) The District Electoral Commission established for the special district shall prepare a record of results of voting by post. The record shall be signed by the Chairman and the other members of the District Electoral Commission established for the special district. If any of the members of the District Electoral Commission established for the special district fails to sign the record, they can provide reasons for not signing it. A failure to sign the record of voting result shall not affect its validity.

(12) The District Electoral Commission established for the special district shall provide in the record of results of voting by post

a) the number of voters included in the special electoral roll,

b) the number of voters who have sent a return envelope from abroad,

c) the number of ballot papers cast,

d) the number of ballot papers validly cast,

e) the number of votes "yes" and the number of votes “no”.

(13) To determine the participation in the referendum, the number of voters, who took over the envelope for voting, and the number of voters, who have sent the return envelope from abroad, which was delivered on the last business day before the date of referendum, shall be decisive.

(14) The District Electoral Commission established for the special district shall deliver one counterpart of the record of results of voting by post by the voters not permanently residing in the territory of the Slovak Republic to the State Commission.

(15) The District Electoral Commission established for the special district shall end its activity as instructed by the State Commission.

(16) The record of the District Electoral Commission established for the special district pursuant to Paragraph 12 is also the record of the County Electoral Commission.