(1) If until the time period specified in Section 15 of this Law no list of candidates for the elections of the relevant local government council is registered, only one list of candidates is registered or the number of registered candidates is less than the number of councillors to be elected to the relevant local government, the Central Election Commission shall, within three days, take a decision to extend the time period for the submission of lists of candidates by 10 days. A decision of the Central Election Commission shall be published in the official gazette Latvijas Vēstnesis and displayed in a place visible for the voters at the building of the relevant local government council. If the number of candidates is less than the number of councillors to be elected even after extension of the time period, the Central Election Commission shall, within two weeks, announce repeated elections of the relevant council in accordance with the procedures specified by this Law.

(2) [11 November 2004]

(3) If even then the required number of candidates is not nominated, a temporary administration shall be established in the relevant administrative territory in accordance with the procedures specified by law.

(4) The local government election commission shall ensure the printing of the lists of candidates on separate forms – ballot papers. The following information shall be provided on a ballot paper:

1) the name of the council where elections take place;

1¹) the number of the list of candidates;

2) the name of the list of candidates;

3) the number of order, given name and surname of the nominated candidates.

(5) Opposite the surname of each candidate on the ballot paper there is a space for the voter to make a mark.

(6) The local government election commission shall, not later than five days before the election day, send ballot envelopes and ballot papers to all polling station commissions. Ballot papers shall be sent in such an amount that each voter may receive one ballot paper for each list of candidates registered in the relevant electoral district. Production and distribution of ballot envelopes to the local government election commissions shall be ensured by the Central Election Commission in accordance with the procedures specified thereby.

(7) The election commission shall number the lists of candidates, determining their numbers by drawing lots. The lottery shall take place in the sequence of registration of the lists. Ballot papers for issuance thereof to voters shall be arranged in the order determined by drawing lots.

(8) The ballot papers, envelopes, electoral rolls, ballot boxes, and other election materials starting from the first day of elections until transfer thereof to the city or municipality election commission shall be kept in the building where the polling station is located in accordance with the procedures laid down by the Central Election Commission, ensuring the physical and technical security of the relevant premises.

[6 November 1996; 6 December 1996; 6 April 2000; 11 November 2004; 2 October 2008; 13 December 2012; 14 February 2013; 11 June 2020; 17 June 2020]