(1) A voter shall print out voting materials and select a ballot paper which corresponds to the list of candidates for which he or she will vote and, if he or she wishes, shall make the marks referred to in Section 29 of this Law in the ballot paper, shall place the ballot paper in a postal envelope (hereinafter – the postal ballot envelope) and seal the envelope.

(2) A voter shall place the sealed postal ballot envelope in the registration envelope. The voter shall also place a statement bearing a handwritten signature that he or she is voting in person and shall indicate his or her given name, surname, and personal identity number in the registration envelope. The voter shall note on the registration envelope that it contains a postal ballot envelope and shall indicate his or her given name, surname, and sequence number under which he or she is registered in the electoral roll. The voter shall send the registration envelope to the election commission of the relevant local government.

(3) The registration envelopes shall be registered and kept unopened by the local government election commission until the commencement of the counting of votes in accordance with the procedures laid down by the Central Election Commission.

(4) If a voter arrives at a polling station on the election day or on any of the advance voting days and denies having voted by post, he or she may vote in accordance with the procedures laid down in Section 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 33, 35, or 36 of this Law. The Central Election Commission shall determine the procedures by which the polling station commission informs the election commission or the polling station commission for postal voting that the relevant voter has voted at the polling station.

[17 December 2020]