Which electoral system is the U.S.?
In Latvia there is the proportional electoral system. Parliamentary elections in Latvia is divided in five constituencies: Riga, Vidzeme, Latgale, Kurzeme, Zemgale. From each electoral district a certain number of elected members to be determined in proportion to the number of voters in each district. Latvian voters abroad are added to the electoral district of Riga.
Municipal elections in each municipality has one electoral district. European Parliament elections in all of Latvia is one electoral district.
Why should participate in elections?
Participation in elections is one of the most democratic form of expression. Latvia's Constitution provides that Latvia is an independent democratic republic in which the sovereign power of the country the Latvian people. Each member of Latvian citizen, who on election day reached 18 years of age, have the right to vote.
However, voting is not only right, it is also an obligation and an opportunity to change their lives. Often even a single voter's voice is becoming a crucial one or another parliamentary candidate. 
How to become a parliamentary candidate?
To become a parliamentary candidate, the applicant must be on the list of nominees. Draw up lists of candidates for parliamentary and European elections to draw up the party and party associations. In turn, the municipal elections in municipalities with populations less days of the election proclamation for 5000, the nominees may be submitted to voters' associations.
This is the basis on which the lot to build their own list, depending on the lot lines. It may be included in the batch members, party supporters, just popular people in society.
The candidate list must meet the submission date of the election law requirements.
What kind of person can not apply for parliamentary candidates?
Although most of the ban is similar to both the Parliament and the European Parliament and municipal elections, there are also some differences.
In all elections in Latvia on parliamentary candidate can not become a person who:
1) have been legally declared incapacitated;
2) serving a sentence in penitentiaries;
3) has been convicted for intentional crimes which are crimes in Latvia and which conviction has not been canceled or removed, except for rehabilitated;
4) committed an offense need to state or after the crime affected by a long illness, which deprived the opportunity to acknowledge his actions or to drive, and who, due to appropriate medical measures or the case closed and no such coercive measures;
In addition to parliamentary elections on parliamentary candidate can not become a person:
1) which does not have Latvian citizenship;
2) who is or has been, the USSR, Latvian SSR or foreign state security, intelligence or counterintelligence services;
3) which, after 1991 13. January worked PSKP (LCA), the Latvian SSR Darbaļaužu International Front, corporate joint council, and the work of War Veterans Organization, All-Latvia Salvation Committee or its regional committees.
In addition to the European Parliament elections for deputy candidates can not apply for a person:
1) which is not in Latvia or other EU national;
2) which is not registered in the register of voters.
In addition to the municipal elections of candidates for the party can not apply for:
1) which is not in Latvia or other EU national;
2) which is not registered in the register of voters;
3) has given the municipality a certain period of time prior to the submission of the list is not a registered place of residence, or whose property is not within the municipality has not worked as a worker or self-employed.
Age candidacies in elections to the Saeima and European Parliament elections are from 21 onwards, but the local government elections - from 18 years ago.
How election paid?
Parliamentary elections and European elections to the preparation and conduct of election-related spending will be financed from the state budget. For example, 9. Parliamentary elections in the preparation of the national budget has been allocated 1 million 655 thousand lats, which is an average of 1 lats 12 cents per voter. It should be noted that this expenditure does not include funding for the batch operation: the pre-promotion, before the observer to the elections and on election day, forming a list of candidates, etc.
Expenditure related to municipal elections in the preparation and conduct generally are funded from municipal budgets.
As the Central Election Commission to ensure that election results would not be falsified?
All laws regulating the conduct of the elections, as well as a number of the Central Election Commission's instructions are in the legislation, whose role in preventing potential voting fraud. I will single out only some of these rules:
1) Parliament, the European Parliament and city councils, district councils and parish council electoral law stipulates that elections are secret;
2) is valid only for those journals, which had a box cast in the election envelope;
3) the election must be stamped envelopes with the stamp of precinct commissions;
4) Each voter in elections to be specifically established. Parliamentary elections voter shall be printed in the passport stamp, but the European Parliament and municipal elections, each voter is registered in the electoral roll in only one electoral district, and with the electoral documents, he shall sign in the electoral roll. In both cases, these conditions helps to ensure that a voter can vote only once;
5) The right to nominate its representatives to the city, district, parish electoral committees are all political parties and groups in the electorate;
6) panel-making process and work organization allowed to participate in the political observers and media representatives;
7) the election and vote-counting station in each course is recorded;
8) everyone - both observers and voters - have the right to lodge complaints about breaches of the electoral process. The law requires that these complaints immediately, and give an answer.
What is the Central Election Commission shall make the election in between?
Without the obligation to prepare the Saeima, the European Parliament and local elections or referendum and the law prosecution Central Election Commission:
1) take the election results, which compiles and publishes a separate edition for it to be freely available in public libraries;
2) prepare information to the Bureau of Parliamentary candidates standing who have been invited into the Saeima shall be composed of former parliamentary site or in the case of a member to the post of Minister in the time of an examination of their mandates;
3) work with the district, city, county and district electoral commissions for local Members of rotation of the question;
4) together with the Parliamentary Legal, Public Administration and Public Affairs, as well as the Human Rights Commission is working on electoral legislation, drawing up its proposals for improving the electoral process;
5) take the election commission, and following the training commission established in municipalities;
6) learn the electoral preparations for the European Union countries.
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