(1) Soldiers and national guardsmen who are performing service duties in international operations may take part in the election in the region of the relevant international operation if it is possible to ensure conformity with the conditions of this Law.
(2) The Central Election Commission shall, not later than four weeks before the election day, hand over the seal of the polling station commission, voter recording devices, registration envelopes, safety seals, forms for the lists of participating voters, ballot papers of all the lists of candidates nominated in the constituency of Rīga, ballot envelopes, and the ballot box to the National Armed Forces for transfer to a person authorised by the Commander of the National Armed Forces.
(3) On the election day, before voting starts, the person authorised by the Commander of the National Armed Forces shall, in the presence of the first voter, ascertain whether the ballot box is empty and shall seal it. The Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs shall ensure that the person authorised by the Commander of the National Armed Forces has access to the electoral register online. The person authorised by the Commander of the National Armed Forces, having previously ascertained 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. If there is a notation in the electoral register on the participation of the voter in the election but he or she denies that, the person authorised by the Commander of the National Armed Forces shall act in accordance with the procedures laid down in Section 48.1, Paragraph 2.1 of this Law. The person authorised by the Commander of the National Armed Forces shall issue to each voter the ballot papers of all the lists of candidates nominated in the constituency of Rīga and the ballot envelope bearing the seal of the relevant polling station commission and the voter shall sign the list of participating voters, thus confirming this fact. The issuing of separate ballot papers is prohibited. Voting shall be organised in the presence of at least three voters. In the case of disruption to activity of the electoral register online,the person authorised by the Commander of the National Armed Forces shall act in accordance with the procedures laid down in Section 48.2 of this Law.
(4) Voting in the elections shall be by secret ballot. A separate booth shall be set up for voting in accordance with Section 23, Paragraph one of this Law.
(5) A voter shall select a ballot paper corresponding to the list of candidates for which he or she shall vote, if he or she so wishes, shall make the marks referred to in Section 23, Paragraphs two and three of this Law therein and shall place the ballot paper in the ballot envelope and seal the envelope. The voter shall insert the sealed ballot envelope into the sealed ballot box.
(6) The counting of votes shall be performed in accordance with the procedures specified by the Central Election Commission. A commission for the counting of votes in the composition of not less than three persons shall be set up for the counting of votes.
(7) After counting of votes and completion of the vote counting report, voter recording devices, registration envelopes, lists of participating voters, all valid ballot papers, invalid ballot papers together with the relevant ballot envelopes, unused and invalid ballot envelopes, election procedure log, and vote counting report shall be packed, sealed, and delivered immediately to the Joint Headquarters of the National Armed Forces for the transfer thereof to the Central Election Commission.
(8) The election procedure in the region of the international operation shall be supervised by the authorised person of the Commander of the National Armed Forces.
(9) A soldier and national guardsman who wish to vote by post shall do so in accordance with the procedures laid down in Section 45 of this Law.
[6 February 2014; 18 January 2018; 23 September 2021]
