(1) Voting in the elections shall be by secret ballot.

(2) The ballot papers of all the lists of candidates nominated in the constituency and a ballot envelope which is sealed with a seal of the relevant polling station commission shall be issued by the polling station commission to each voter. The voter shall place in this envelope the ballot paper that conforms to the list of candidates for which he or she votes. Each voter may vote only once.

(3) Inside the polling premises, a member of the polling station commission (hereinafter – the polling station commission), having ascertained in the electoral register online that the person is a voter and that there is no notation in the electoral register on the participation of this person in the relevant election of the Saeima, shall make a notation in the electoral register online on the participation in the relevant election of the Saeima and enter the given name, surname, and personal identity number of the voter in the list of participating voters. The voter shall sign the list of participating voters confirming the receipt of a complete set of ballot papers containing the lists of candidates nominated for the constituency and the ballot envelope.

(3¹) If there is a notation in the electoral register on the participation of the voter in the elections, however, he or she denies that, the polling station commission shall contact the polling station commission in which the voter, according to the information in the electoral register, has voted and shall clarify whether there is the signature of the voter in the list of participating voters of the polling station. If the absence of the signature is confirmed, the voter may vote. If the presence of the signature is confirmed, the voter shall be refused voting.

(4) Members of the election commissions are prohibited from campaigning for or against candidates or the lists of candidates.

[26 March 1998; 30 May 2002; 9 March 2006; 18 January 2018; 23 September 2021]