On the first day of October, in the upcoming parliamentary elections, it will be possible to vote in 80 polling stations in 78 locations around the world in 42 countries, the Central Election Commission (CVK) informed.
On Saturday, the commission supported voters’ proposals for the establishment of 39 polling stations in foreign countries outside Latvian representations – in other premises suitable for voting, while on Friday, July 22, following the proposal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Central Election Commission already approved the establishment of 41 polling stations abroad in the premises of Latvian diplomatic and consular missions.
On election day, voters abroad will have the opportunity to vote in person at polling stations in the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France, Greece, Georgia, Estonia, India, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Israel, Japan, Canada, Kazakhstan, Russia, China, South Korea, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Finland, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Hungary, Uzbekistan, Germany and Sweden.
The polling stations for the 14th Saeima elections will be in the following cities of the world – Adelaide, Ankara, Abu Dhabi, Athens, Baku, Bergen, Berlin, Boston, Bradford, Bremen, Brisbane, Brussels, Bristol, Budapest, Zurich, Chicago, Denver, Düsseldorf, Dublin, Guernsey, Frankfurt am Main, Freiburg, The Hague, Hamburg, Helsinki, Indianapolis, Canberra, Cairo, Kiev, Chisinau, Copenhagen, Leonberg, London, Los Angeles, Luxembourg, Madrid, Moscow, Melbourne, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Münster, Montreal, Northampton, Novaodesa, Nursultan, New Delhi, New York, Oslo, Ottawa, Paris, Beijing, Perth, Prague, Reykjavik, Rome, San Francisco, Seoul, Sydney, Seattle, Stavanger, Stockholm, Strasbourg, Swansea, Tallinn, Tashkent, Tbilisi, Tel Aviv, Tenerife, In Tokyo, Vail, Valencia, Vancouver, Warsaw, Washington, Vilnius, Vitebsk, Vienna, as well as in “Straumēni” in Great Britain.
On the day of the Saeima elections, polling stations abroad will be open for voters from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. local time, and not only Latvian citizens living in the respective country, but also those voters who have gone abroad on a short-term business trip or travel will be able to vote in them.
Voters abroad will be able to participate in Saeima elections by voting by mail. It is possible to apply for postal voting from abroad from Saturday to September 9.
14. Citizens of Latvia from the age of 18 will have the right to participate in the Saeima elections. The voting document is a valid passport of a Latvian citizen or identity card of a Latvian citizen (eID card). This time, voters who have only an identity card but no valid passport will also be able to participate in the elections, as the voter register will be used for the registration of voters for the first time in the parliamentary elections and the passport will not be stamped for participation in the elections. Therefore, voters who only have an ID card will not need a voter’s card to participate in the elections.
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