All voters registered on the electoral roll can ask to vote by post during the communal elections.

The voter must first be registered on the electoral rolls.

The application for postal voting must be sent to the voter's commune of residence:

• at the earliest 12 weeks and at the latest 25 days before election day, if the polling card is sent to an address in Luxembourg;
• at the earliest 12 weeks and at the latest 40 days before election day, if the polling card is sent abroad.

Application for postal voting

Voters wishing to vote by post during the communal elections must inform the commune and request the polling card.

The request for the polling card can be submitted:

• electronically via MyGuichet.lu (see 'Online services and forms' below), or by using the mobile app; or
  
• by post on plain paper or on a pre-printed form which can be obtained from the voter's communal administration.

The application must include the following information:

• surname(s) and first name(s);
• date and place of birth;
• the voter's address;
  
• the address to which the polling card has to be sent.

More information about applications submitted via MyGuichet.lu can be found in our tutorial that guides the user, step by step, through the completion of the online form and the electronic signature.

Upon receipt of the request, the commune checks if:

• the application contains the required information and documents;
• the applicant is registered on the electoral rolls;

Rejection of the application

If the applicant does not meet the conditions for postal voting (incomplete application or lack of registration on the electoral roll), the commune will inform them of the refusal:

• at the latest 20 days before the election, if the voter lives in Luxembourg;
• at the latest 35 days before the election, if the voter lives abroad.

Polling card

If the request for postal voting is accepted, the commune will send the polling card by registered mail to the voter.

The polling card is sent, at the latest:

• 15 days before the election, if the voter lives in Luxembourg;
• 30 days before the election, if the voter lives abroad.

The polling card contains the following information:

• the list of candidates;
• depending on the commune, the voter instructions for postal voting in a communal election by relative majority or proportional representation;
• a non-transparent, standard-type, duly stamped electoral envelope;
• duly stamped ballot papers;
• an envelope – for the transmission of the electoral envelope – which must bear the inscription 'Élections - Vote par correspondance', and mention the polling station on the lower right corner of the envelope and the reference number, name, first name(s) and address of the voter.

Each commune will draw up an alphabetical list of voters who requested to vote by post. This list contains the following information:

• the surname(s) and first name(s);
• the nationality;
• the date and place of birth;
• the domicile and current address of the voter.

Completing and sending the ballot

The voter completes the ballot paper in accordance with the voting system:

• relative majority system; or
• proportional representation system.

The visually impaired voter can use the tactile voting model to express their vote.

To send the ballot to the polling station, voters must place the ballot paper, duly completed and folded, with the stamp showing on the outside, in the electoral envelope. This envelope is then:

• inserted in the postal envelope for the transmission; and
• sent by post as a plain letter.

The envelope must be received by the polling station on the day of the election by 14.00 at the latest.

The envelopes containing the ballot are kept by the postal services of the receiving polling station until election day.

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