(1) A voter who wishes to vote by post shall submit a submission for postal voting to the relevant diplomatic or consular mission of the Republic of Latvia on site, by post, or electronically. The voter shall indicate in the submission his or her given name, surname, personal identity number, and electronic mail address or official electronic address. The voter may apply for postal voting 70 days before the election day but not later than three weeks before the election day. If the election takes place in the case provided for in Article 48 of the Constitution, a voter may apply for postal voting one week after the day when the election is announced, but not later than two weeks before the election day.

(2) Upon receipt of such submission, the polling station commission shall, following commencement of activity of the electoral register:

1) verify in the electoral register whether the submitter is a voter who has not been registered yet for postal voting;

2) make a notation in the electoral register on the application of a voter for postal voting and enter the electronic mail address or official electronic address indicated by the voter;

3) register the voter in the voter list for postal voting.

(3) If the submission for postal voting has been submitted without complying with the procedures laid down in Paragraph one of this Section or if the submitter is not a voter, or the submitter has already been registered for postal voting by indicating the same electronic mail address or official electronic address, the polling station commission shall refuse to send election documents by a reasoned decision. The appeal of the decision to decline the delivery of the election materials shall not suspend its operation.

(4) A voter who has been registered for postal voting may change the indicated electronic mail address or official electronic address not later than three weeks before the election day by submitting a submission thereon to the relevant diplomatic or consular mission of the Republic of Latvia in accordance with the procedures laid down in Paragraph one of this Section. If the election takes place in the case provided for in Article 48 of the Constitution, the voter may change the indicated electronic mail address or official electronic address not later than two weeks before the election day.

(5) The polling station commission shall, not later than 15 days before the election day (if the election takes place in the case provided for in Article 48 of the Constitution – not later than 10 days before the election day), send the website address where voting materials are available to the voter to the electronic mail address or official electronic address indicated in the submission.

(6) Application for postal voting shall also be possible by using the free electronic service available on the service portal of the State administration www.latvija.lv or on the official website of the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs 35 days before the election day but not later than three weeks before the election day (if the election takes place in the case provided for in Article 48 of the Constitution – not later than two weeks before the election day). When applying in such manner, the voter shall, in addition to the information referred to in Paragraph one of this Section, also indicate the foreign country from which he or she intends to send his or her vote. In respect of the applications received in the electronic service, the activities referred to in Paragraphs two, three, and five of this Section shall be performed by the Central Election Commission. The Central Election Commission shall send to the relevant polling station commissions the information on voters who have applied for postal voting in the electronic service. The polling station commissions shall supplement their voter list for postal voting accordingly.

(7) If a voter who has applied for postal voting arrives at a polling station on the election day, he or she may vote at the polling station.

[23 September 2021]