Organisation of a poll aboard the ships sailing under the national flag of Lithuania

1. Voters (ship’s crew and passengers) who are aboard a ship sailing under the national flag of Lithuania shall be entitled to vote aboard that ship, provided they have left a port of the Republic of Lithuania at least four days before polling day and have not returned until polling day, or provided there are other circumstances preventing them from voting in pre-poll voting or voting on poll day in their polling district, or in a diplomatic mission, a consular post of the Republic of Lithuania, or in an additional polling place located abroad under the diplomatic mission or the consular post of the Republic of Lithuania.

2. Voting aboard a ship sailing under the national flag of Lithuania, wherein the master of the ship is a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania and at least five crew members are eligible to vote, shall be organised under the procedure laid down by the Central Electoral Commission. The list of such ships shall be compiled by the Central Electoral Commission on the recommendation of the Minister of Transport and Communications.

3. On the recommendation of the Minister of Transport and Communications, the Central Electoral Commission shall set the time for voting aboard a ship within which each voter aboard the ship shall be given the opportunity to vote. A poll shall not be organised aboard the ships on which the conditions for organising the poll in accordance with the requirements of this Code do not exist.

4. The masters of ships shall be responsible for the organisation of a poll and the submission to the Central Electoral Commission of the records and other election documents set out by the Commission.