How is the national electoral register created?

In Latvia, electoral register is used for local elections and European elections. The electoral register is extracted from a population registry (Article 5 of the Electoral Register Law of 22 January 2004, last amendments adopted on 26 February 2009: http://cvk.lv/pub/public/30641.html).   The electoral register is created by the Office of Citizenship and Migration affairs (Part 2 of Article 3 of the Electoral Register Law: http://cvk.lv/pub/public/30641.html)

The electoral register is not used for registration of voters in parliamentary elections or referendums. Voters are registered in a polling station by making a mark in their passports (Part 3 of Article 22 of the Saeima Election Law of 25 May 1995, modified by amendments adopted till 6 February 2014: http://cvk.lv/pub/public/30067.html; Part 1 of Article 17 of the Law on National Referendums, Initiation of Laws and European Citizens’ Initiative of 31 March 1994, modified by amendments adopted till 10 April 2014: http://cvk.lv/pub/public/28862.html).

The President is elected by the parliament (Article 35 of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia of 15 February 1922, modified by amendments adopted till 19 September 2013: http://cvk.lv/pub/public/29964.html).  

In Latvia, electoral register is used for local elections and European elections. The electoral register is extracted from a population registry. The electoral register is created by the Office of Citizenship and Migration affairs.

The electoral register is not used for registration of voters in parliamentary elections or referendums. Voters are registered in a polling station by making a mark in their passports.