From May 4 to May 31, voters who will be staying abroad during the 2024 European Parliament elections will be able to apply to vote by mail from abroad using the “Voter data management” e-service of the Directorate of Citizenship and Migration Affairs (hereinafter – the Directorate).
The e-service is available on the website of the Administration and on the portal of state administration services Latvija.gov.lv.
A voter who has applied to vote by mail from abroad will have the opportunity to download voting materials in the e-service and choose a ballot that corresponds to the list of candidates he wants to vote for.
The voter will have to print the chosen ballot and put it in the ballot envelope of his choice. This envelope must be sent to the Central Election Commission at Smilšu Street 4, Riga, LV-1050 with such calculation that it will be received at the polling station by June 9 at 6:00 a.m. Latvian time zone.
Additional information on voting opportunities for Latvian citizens abroad. available on the website of the Central Election Commission https://www.cvk.lv/lv/balsosanas-iespejas-latvijas-pilsoniem-arvalstis.
Although it will be possible to apply for voting by mail from May 4th, it is already possible to make sure in the e-service that a person is registered as a voter for participation in the European Parliament elections. The e-service is available only to authenticated users.
About electronic online voter register
The Board, in cooperation with AS “RIX Technologies”, has perfected the electronic online voter register owned by it and already used in the 2021 local government elections, and it is ready for work – to ensure the European Parliament elections on June 8 of this year.
Tags: PMLP informs possibilities vote elections
