Organisation of a poll in diplomatic missions, consular posts of the Republic of Lithuania, and in additional polling places located abroad under diplomatic missions or consular posts of the Republic of Lithuania

1. Voting at a diplomatic mission or a consular post of the Republic of Lithuania shall take place during the working hours of these bodies. Not less than four hours must be allotted for voting during a working day of the said bodies. Voting in an additional polling place located abroad under a diplomatic mission or a consular post of the Republic of Lithuania shall take place during the hours set by the diplomatic mission or consular post concerned. On polling day, the close of poll shall be no later than at 8 p.m. (Republic of Lithuania time). 2. The Central Electoral Commission shall, on the recommendation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, draw up a list of diplomatic missions and consular posts of the Republic of Lithuania and additional polling places located abroad under diplomatic missions and consular posts of the Republic of Lithuania in which voting shall take place and shall set at least three polling days for each diplomatic mission or consular post of the Republic of Lithuania.

3. Election documents shall be delivered to voters who have communicated their home address to a diplomatic mission or a consular post of the Republic of Lithuania, or, at the voters’ request, shall be sent by post and accepted from these voters in person by voting commissions set up by a diplomatic mission or consular post of the Republic of Lithuania.

4. Voters arriving to vote at a diplomatic mission, a consular post of the Republic of Lithuania, or an additional polling place located abroad under the diplomatic mission or the consular post of the Republic of Lithuania shall be prohibited to take the election documents from the polling location or hand them over to other persons.

5. The head of a diplomatic mission or a consular post of the Republic of Lithuania shall be responsible for the organisation of the poll, for the submission to the Central Electoral Commission of the records and other election documents specified by the Commission received at that diplomatic mission or consular post of the Republic of Lithuania as well as at the additional polling place located abroad under the diplomatic mission or the consular post of the Republic of Lithuania.

6. In the event of a situation in a foreign state which makes it impossible to vote in a diplomatic mission or a consular post of the Republic of Lithuania situated in that state or in additional polling places located abroad under the diplomatic mission or the consular post of the Republic of Lithuania, voting in that foreign state shall, on the reasoned proposal of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and by decision of the Central Electoral Commission, be organised by sending to a voter a ballot paper(s) to voters by post.

7. The head of a diplomatic mission or a consular post of the Republic of Lithuania or the Minister of Foreign Affairs may, having coordinated it with the Central Electoral Commission, send to the diplomatic mission, the consular post of the Republic of Lithuania, or the additional polling place located abroad under the diplomatic mission or the consular post of the Republic of Lithuania designated members of the voting commission, namely, employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the diplomatic missions or the consular posts of the Republic of Lithuania, for organising the poll there. In this case, the expenses related to the organisation of the poll shall be covered from the state budget funds allocated to the Central Electoral Commission for the preparation and conduct of polls in accordance with the agreement on the use of the state budget funds for the preparation of polls concluded by the Commission with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.