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Saeima Election Law (2014)

Updated: June 2015

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Article 1 states:

Citizens of Latvia who have reached the age of 18 by Election Day have the right to vote.

 

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Article 5 states:

Persons are not to be included in the lists of candidates and are not eligible to be elected to the Saeima if they:…

(4) have committed a criminal offence set forth in the Criminal Law in a state of mental incapacity or a state of diminished mental capacity or who, after committing a criminal offence, have developed a mental disorder and thus are incapable of taking or controlling a conscious action and as a result have been subjected to compulsory medical measures, or whose cases have been dismissed without applying such compulsory medical measures…

 

Article 13, paragraph 3 states:

The following institutions may certify the relevant information:…

(4) the Information Centre of the Ministry of the Interior – that the candidate has committed a criminal offence set forth by the Criminal Law in a state of mental incapacity or a state of diminished mental capacity, or after committing a criminal offence, the candidate has developed a mental disorder and thus is incapable of taking or controlling a conscious action and as a result has been subjected to compulsory medical measures, or his/her case has been dismissed without applying such compulsory medical measures…

 

Article 25 states:

If a physical handicap prevents a voter from voting or signing the voters’ list, a member of his/her family or some other trustworthy person shall make marks in the ballot paper in the voter’s presence according to his/her instructions. A special entry to this effect shall be made in the list of voters. A member of the relevant election commission may not act as such a trustworthy person.

 

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Article 24, paragraph 1 states:

On the basis of a written submission which is filed by a voter, a person authorised by him/her or his/her trustee and which is registered in a special journal, the polling station commission shall conduct voting by secret ballot at the place where the voter is located (off-site) for the following voters:

(1) for voters unable to come to the polling station for health reasons, as well as for their caretakers;

(2) for caretakers of the ill.

 

Article 25 states:

If a physical handicap prevents a voter from voting or signing the voters’ list, a member of his/her family or some other trustworthy person shall make marks in the ballot paper in the voter’s presence according to his/her instructions. A special entry to this effect shall be made in the list of voters. A member of the relevant election commission may not act as such a trustworthy person.

 

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Article 5 states:

Persons are not to be included in the lists of candidates and are not eligible to be elected to the Saeima if they:…

(4) have committed a criminal offence set forth in the Criminal Law in a state of mental incapacity or a state of diminished mental capacity or who, after committing a criminal offence, have developed a mental disorder and thus are incapable of taking or controlling a conscious action and as a result have been subjected to compulsory medical measures, or whose cases have been dismissed without applying such compulsory medical measures…

 

Article 13, paragraph 3 states:

The following institutions may certify the relevant information:…

(4) the Information Centre of the Ministry of the Interior – that the candidate has committed a criminal offence set forth by the Criminal Law in a state of mental incapacity or a state of diminished mental capacity, or after committing a criminal offence, the candidate has developed a mental disorder and thus is incapable of taking or controlling a conscious action and as a result has been subjected to compulsory medical measures, or his/her case has been dismissed without applying such compulsory medical measures…

 

Excerpts from the Saeima Election Law (2014)