(1) In starting to count the envelopes received by post, the postal envelopes shall be sorted into valid and invalid postal envelopes without opening them.

(2) Such postal envelopes shall be deemed invalid which:

1) have been sent by voters who have not applied for postal voting;

2) have been sent by voters who have voted at the polling station;

3) do not bear the given name, surname, and sequential number of the voter with which he or she has been registered in the voter list for postal voting;

4) have been received after the commencement of the counting of votes;

5) have been sent from the Republic of Latvia;

6) have been received from voters who have sent several postal envelopes.

(3) Valid postal envelopes shall be placed together and a notation shall be made in the voter list for postal voting that a valid postal envelope has been received. The total number of valid postal envelopes shall be recorded in the election procedure log. Invalid postal envelopes shall not be opened but the total number thereof shall be recorded in the election procedure log.

(4) In opening a valid postal envelope, it shall be verified whether it contains only one ballot envelope. If there are several ballot envelopes in the postal envelope, all of them shall be deemed invalid. A ballot envelope shall be deemed invalid if it does not contain a signed form confirming that the voter has voted in person.

[23 September 2021]