Citizens abroad can register for postal voting in Saeima election
Saturday 29th August 2026 on 07:15 in
Latvia
Latvian citizens living or staying abroad during the 15th Saeima election can register for postal voting from August 29 to September 25, LSM reported, citing the Central Election Commission.
Registration is available electronically through the Voter Data Management e-service on Latvija.gov.lv, the state administration services portal. Voters must choose the postal voting station to which they will send their completed ballot.
After successfully registering, voters will receive all the materials needed to vote, including the ballot papers for candidate lists in the Riga electoral district, a declaration confirming that they voted personally, the address of the chosen postal voting station, and instructions on preparing and sending the vote.
Voters must select and print one candidate list ballot paper. They may leave it unchanged or mark candidates with a plus sign if they particularly support their election, or a minus sign if they do not support it.
The selected ballot paper must be placed in an election envelope and sealed. That envelope, together with the voter’s handwritten declaration confirming that they voted personally, must then be placed in a postal envelope.
The postal envelope must bear the voter’s first name, surname and the serial number assigned to them in the voters’ list during registration. It must also include the address of the selected postal voting station and an indication that the envelope contains an election envelope.
The Central Election Commission urged voters to send their postal ballots as soon as possible, taking into account delivery times in the relevant country. The ballot must reach the postal voting station by election day. An envelope prepared for a postal voting station established abroad may also be delivered by other means, such as in person.
Only one voter’s election envelope and signed declaration may be placed in a single postal envelope. Several voters may place their separately prepared postal envelopes in one joint shipment.