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City Council and Municipality Council Election Law (2008, last amended 2013)

Updated: June 2015

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Article 5, paragraph 1 states:

In the Republic of Latvia the following shall have the right to elect the council:

(1) citizens of Latvia;

(2) citizens of the European Union who are not citizens of Latvia but are registered on the Population Register;

(3) persons who have reached the age of 18 on the day of the election, have been registered on the Voters' Register …

 

Excerpt from the City Council and Municipality Council Election Law (2008, last amended 2013)

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Article 6 states:

The following persons shall have no right to elect the council:

(1) who have been adjudged incompetent according to the procedure stipulated by law…

 

Article 9, paragraph 1 states:

The following persons shall not be nominated as candidates for the council election and shall not be elected to the councils:…

(2) who are adjudged incompetent in accordance with the procedure set by law…

(4) who have committed a criminal offence in an irresponsible or limited responsible state, after having committed a crime, have become mentally ill and are incapable of taking conscious action or controlling it and as a result have been subjected to compulsory treatment, or their case has been dismissed without applying such a compulsory measure;

 

Article 22, paragraph 3 states:

The candidate shall be dismissed on the basis of a certificate issued by a respective institution or a court verdict. The fact that the candidate:

(22) has been adjudged incompetent according to the procedure set out by law; – confirmed by a certificate from the Board of Citizenship and Immigration Affairs;…

(5) have committed a criminal offence in an irresponsible or limited responsible state, after having committed a crime, have become mentally ill and are incapable of taking conscious action or controlling it, – confirmed by a certificate from the Information Centre of the Ministry of the Interior…

 

Article 33 states:

If the voter, due to a physical disability, cannot vote him/herself, then in presence of the voter and in conformity with the voter's oral specifications, marks shall be made on the election ballot by the voter's family member or any other person that the voter trusts.

 

Excerpts from the City Council and Municipality Council Election Law (2008, last amended 2013)

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Article 33 states:

If the voter, due to a physical disability, cannot vote him/herself, then in presence of the voter and in conformity with the voter's oral specifications, marks shall be made on the election ballot by the voter's family member or any other person that the voter trusts.

 

Excerpt from the City Council and Municipality Council Election Law (2008, last amended 2013)

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Article 9, paragraph 1 states:

The following persons shall not be nominated as candidates for the council election and shall not be elected to the councils:…

(2) who are adjudged incompetent in accordance with the procedure set by law…

(4) who have committed a criminal offence in an irresponsible or limited responsible state, after having committed a crime, have become mentally ill and are incapable of taking conscious action or controlling it and as a result have been subjected to compulsory treatment, or their case has been dismissed without applying such a compulsory measure;

 

Article 22, paragraph 3 states:

The candidate shall be dismissed on the basis of a certificate issued by a respective institution or a court verdict. The fact that the candidate:

(22) has been adjudged incompetent according to the procedure set out by law; – confirmed by a certificate from the Board of Citizenship and Immigration Affairs;…

(5) have committed a criminal offence in an irresponsible or limited responsible state, after having committed a crime, have become mentally ill and are incapable of taking conscious action or controlling it, – confirmed by a certificate from the Information Centre of the Ministry of the Interior…

 

Excerpts from the City Council and Municipality Council Election Law (2008, last amended 2013)