Lithuania

Law on Presidential Elections (2013)

Updated: June 2015

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Article 1 states:

Citizens of the Republic of Lithuania shall elect the President of the Republic for a five-year term on the basis of universal, equal and direct suffrage and by secret ballot.

 

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Article 4, paragraph 1 states:

Citizens of the Republic of Lithuania who are 18 years of age or older on polling day shall have the right to vote for a President of the Republic. Citizens of the Republic of Lithuania who have been declared legally incapable by the court shall not participate in an election.

 

Article 24, paragraph 4 states:

The following persons shall be removed from the electoral roll of the Republic of Lithuania:… 3) a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania who has been declared legally incapable by the court.

 

Article 28, paragraph 1 states:

…The voter shall sign his poll card himself, except for the cases where he cannot sign it himself because of his physical disability, illness…and the poll card is signed by any other person chosen by the voter…

 

Article 56, paragraph 5 states:

Voters who because of physical handicaps, illness or any other reason cannot carry out the actions referred to in this Article may choose another person to mark the ballot papers for them...The chairman, members of the electoral committee, election observers and representatives for elections shall be prohibited from carrying out voting-related actions for the person who cannot carry out these actions because of physical handicaps, illness or any other reason.

 

Article 57 states:

(1) Voting by post shall be made possible for voters who due to the health or age are in health care (except out-patient) facilities, social care institutions …and, therefore, are unable to arrive at a polling district…

(7) …If because of the physical handicaps, an illness or any other reasons a voter cannot carry out the said actions himself, at his request such actions shall be carried out by a person chosen by him…

(9) Postal workers shall be prohibited from carrying out for a voter the actions referred to in paragraphs 6 and 8 of this Article, accepting from the voter the covering envelope which is not sealed, issuing voters with election documents in other places and to other persons than those provided for in Articles 61, 62 and 63 of this Law. Voters shall be prohibited from taking out postal ballot papers, covering envelopes or handing them to other persons.

 

Article 61 states:

(4) Voters without movement disorders shall vote in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 57…Voters with movement disorders shall be visited by at least two polling district committee members, election observers (should they wish so) and employees of special post offices.

(5) If because of physical handicaps, illness or any other reasons voters are unable to vote themselves, they may entrust other persons to vote for them. These persons must mark the ballot paper in the voter's presence under his instructions and preserve the secrecy of voting.

(6) Committee members, employees of a special post office and election observers shall be prohibited from carrying out the actions related to voting, as well as from accepting an unsealed covering envelope from the voter.

 

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Article 20, Paragraph (4) states:

State and municipal institutions and agencies must provide to electoral committees suitable premises for organisation and conduct of an election, equipment, computer hardware and the internet access. Polling stations provided for an election and access to them must be suitable for voters with movement disorder and vision impairment and older voters.

 

Article 56, Paragraph (5) states:

Voters who because of physical handicaps, illness or any other reason cannot carry out the actions referred to in this Article may choose another person to mark the ballot papers for them. This person must complete the ballot paper in the voter’s presence under his instructions, preserve the secrecy of voting and put the ballot paper in the ballot box in the voter’s presence. The chairman, members of the electoral committee, election observers and representatives for elections shall be prohibited from carrying out voting-related actions for the person who cannot carry out these actions because of physical handicaps, illness or any other reason.

 

Article 57 states:

(1) Voting by post shall be made possible for voters who due to the health or age are in health care (except out-patient) facilities, social care institutions…and, therefore, are unable to arrive at a polling district…

(6) A voter shall vote in person and in secrecy…

(7)….If because of the physical handicaps, an illness or any other reasons a voter cannot carry out the said actions himself, at his request such actions shall be carried out by a person chosen by him. This person must mark the ballot paper in the voter’s presence in compliance with his instructions and preserve the secrecy of voting…

(9) Postal workers shall be prohibited from carrying out for a voter the actions referred to in paragraphs 6 and 8 of this Article, accepting from the voter the covering envelope which is not sealed, issuing voters with election documents in other places and to other persons than those provided for in Articles 61, 62 and 63 of this Law. Voters shall be prohibited from taking out postal ballot papers, covering envelopes or handing them to other persons.

 

Article 61 states:

(1) Voters who because of their health condition or age are in health care (except out-patient) facilities, social care institutions shall be entitled to vote in such institutions...

(5) If because of physical handicaps, illness or any other reasons voters are unable to vote themselves, they may entrust other persons to vote for them. These persons must mark the ballot paper in the voter's presence under his instructions and preserve the secrecy of voting.

(6) Committee members, employees of a special post office and election observers shall be prohibited from carrying out the actions related to voting, as well as from accepting an unsealed covering envelope from the voter.

(7) It shall be prohibited to exert influence upon self-determination of voters who are in health care (except out-patient) facilities, social care institution, or to rush him to vote.

 

Article 64 states:

(1) Only the following voter may vote at home: disabled voters, voters with temporary working incapacity, voters aged 70 and over if, because of the health condition, they are unable to come to a post office to vote or to a polling district on polling day and if they produce a voter’s request in the form set by the Central Electoral Commission for voting at home…

(3) …A voter who because of his physical handicaps, illness or any other reasons is unable to fill in a request for voting at home or to hand it to a polling district committee, may authorise his family member, neighbour or a person who takes care of him to carry out the said actions for him. These persons shall sign the voter’s request and indicate their name, surname and personal number.

 

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