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Article 45
 

§ 45. Voting by post

(1) A voter shall complete a ballot paper pursuant to the requirements of this Act. The voter shall place the completed ballot paper in one of the envelopes sent by the representation. The voter shall place the envelope with the ballot paper in the other envelope sent by the representation. The voter shall write his or her name and personal identification code on the outer envelope. A voter temporarily staying in a foreign state shall also write his or her residential address in Estonia on the outer envelope. Thereafter the voter shall send the ballot paper to the representation.

(2) Ballot papers sent by post shall reach the representation on the day determined by the representation, which shall be determined such that the National Electoral Committee will receive the ballot papers not later than on the fourth day before the day of the referendum.

(3) A representation shall prepare a list of voters who voted by post and shall forward the list to the National Electoral Committee. The list shall reach the National Electoral Committee not later than on the fourth day before the day of the referendum.

(4) Upon voting by post, the expenses relating to the acts specified in subsection 43 (1) and subsection (1) of this section shall be borne by the voter.