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Article 134
 

General provisions


1. under the procedure laid down by this Code, pre-poll voting shall be organised for voters who are unable to arrive and vote on polling day at the polling districts on whose electoral rolls they have been entered and to vote therein.


2. Pre-poll voting shall be organised on the following premises: 1) in the building of the municipality or/and other premises suitable for voting and agreed with the municipal administration; 2) at the following declared polling places: a) in healthcare institutions (other than outpatient institutions);
b) in social care institutions;
c) in arrest houses of territorial police units, places of pre-trial detention and arrest, prisons;
d) in military units deployed in the Republic of Lithuania or abroad; 3) at home.


3. In the places referred in paragraph 2, point (1), voting shall be conducted from 7a.m. to 8p.m. on the last Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday before polling day.


4. In the places referred to in paragraph (2), point (2)(a), (b), (c) and (d), voting shall be conducted at the time set by the heads of these institutions on the last Wednesday, Thursday and Friday before polling day.


5. Voting at home shall be conducted from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on the last Friday and Saturday before polling day. Voting at home by voters who reside or are temporarily staying within the territory of a particular polling district but who are entered on the electoral rolls of another polling district and have not been entered on the electoral roll of this polling district when revising them shall be conducted from 8a.m. to 8p.m. on the last Thursday before polling day.


6. A specific polling location (premises) that meets the requirements of the Central Electoral Commission and where voters can vote must be set up in the places referred to in paragraph (2), point (2)(a), (b), (c) and (d). The head of the institution in which the voting is conducted shall be responsible for setting up such specific polling location (premises).