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Article 46
 
(1) Having received election papers for voting by mail, the elector shall select a ballot paper containing the list of candidates he/she intends to vote for; notes may be made in the ballot paper, if so wished, in observance of Article 23 of this Law; the ballot paper is placed in the ballot envelope and the envelope sealed.


The elector shall insert the sealed ballot envelope into a mail envelope and also enclose a statement containing the full name and identity number of the voter; this envelope should carry a note that it contains a ballot envelope. The mailing date (certified by the mail stamp) should be one of the election days and the addressee should be the polling commission which has sent the election papers for voting by mail.