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Article 11
 

§ 11. Formation of polling divisions

(1) In order to hold voting, polling divisions shall be formed within the territory of a local government.

(2) Polling divisions shall be formed by a regulation of the rural municipality or city government which prescribes:

1) the numeration of the polling divisions;

2) the boundaries of the polling divisions;

3) the location of the polling places;

4) at least one polling division where voters can vote outside the polling division of their residence according to subsection 34

(2);

5) a polling division where voters can vote if the information on their residence in the rural municipality or city is entered in the Estonian population register (hereinafter population register) to the accuracy of the rural municipality or city, or in Tallinn to the accuracy of the city district.

(3) Polling divisions are permanent. In a referendum, voting shall be held in the same polling divisions as Riigikogu and local government council elections, unless the rural municipality or city government amends the regulation specified in subsection (2) and decides otherwise.

(4) A rural municipality or city government may amend a regulation specified in subsection (2) not later than on the fiftieth day before the day of the referendum or in extraordinary cases later. The rural municipality or city government shall promptly notify the National Electoral Committee and the chief processor of the population register of any such amendments.

(5) A rural municipality or city government shall make the information specified in subsection (2) public before the referendum.

(6) A county electoral committee shall make the information specified in subsection (2) public during the week before the startof advance polls.