Early voting procedure.
A voter wishing to cast a ballot in early voting shall identify him- or herself to the presiding officer by producing a personal identification document bearing the voter’s name, personal identification number (kennitala) and photograph, such as a passport, driving licence or identity card, or by other means deemed satisfactory by the presiding officer. The presiding officer shall make a mark in the electoral register indicating who is casting a vote at the presiding officer’s station, cf. paragraph 1 of Article.
Following the recording thereof, the voter shall be given the voting materials. The voter shall then, without assistance and without anyone seeing, write his or her vote on the ballot paper in the manner prescribed in paragraph 2 of Article 73. The voter shall then place the ballot in the ballot envelope and carefully glue the top flap together. Next, the voter shall address and sign the covering letter in the presence of the presiding officer, who shall witness the casting of the vote by signing the covering letter and, if applicable, stamp it with an official seal.
Voters are entitled to be assisted when casting their ballots. Such assistance shall be provided by the presiding officer or an assistant accompanying the voter to the polling station. Assistance shall only be given if the voter him- or herself can tell the person providing the assistance how the voter wishes to cast the ballot. The voter’s assistant must abide by the instructions of the voter and shall be bound by a duty of confidentiality not to disclose what passes between the assistant and the voter in the polling booth. A candidate or a candidate’s spouse, children, siblings and parents are not permitted to assist with voting. A voter’s assistant is not permitted to become an assistant to more than three voters in the same poll.
During voting under paragraph 3, the provisions of Articles 73–77 shall apply to voters’ assistants.
Finally, the ballot paper envelope together with the covering letter shall be placed inside the sending envelope, which shall then be carefully closed. The envelope shall then be addressed to the electoral commission in the municipality where the voter believes he or she is registered on the electoral register. [The voter’s name and address shall be written on the back of the postal envelope. The number of the polling station and polling ward may also be written on the back of the postal envelope and/or a special label may be placed on it, which may include information about the polling station, the polling ward and the voter’s personal identification number (kennitala).] 1) The National Electoral Commission shall lay down further rules on the design and use of such a label.
[A regulation issued by the Minister after receiving the proposal of the National Electoral Commission may prescribe the reception, registration and treatment of postal ballots in the custody of the presiding officer and the electoral commission of a municipality.] 1)
