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Article 26
 

§ 26. Presentation of candidates for registration

(1) Presentation of candidates for registration shall begin not earlier than sixty days before election day.

(16.06.99 entered into force 23.06.99 - RT I 1999, 54, 581)

(2) A list of candidates may be presented for registration by a political party or an election coalition registered on the basis provided for in § 25 of this Act. An independent candidate may be presented for registration by an Estonian citizen with the right to vote, including a person who himself or herself wishes to run as a candidate in the local government council elections.

(21) In the case of supplementary elections, at least fifteen days altogether shall be for the formation and registration of election coalitions, and presentation for registration and registration of candidates.

(25.02.98 entered into force 30.03.98 – RT I 1998, 28, 356)

(3) Candidates shall be presented for registration by electoral district as candidate lists or independent candidates. A political party or election coalition may present only one candidate list for registration in an electoral district.

(4) A candidate may be presented for registration in only one electoral district. A person may run as an independent candidate or appear in the candidate list of only one political party or election coalition.

(5) A candidate shall use only his or her given name and surname when running as a candidate.

(6) In order to register a candidate or candidates, a person who presents an independent candidate, or an authorised representative of a political party or election coalition shall submit an application, conforming with the standard format established by the National Election Committee, a candidate list and the documents required in subsection (7) of this section to the rural municipality or city election committee. Upon presentation of an independent candidate, the name of the candidate shall be indicated in the application, and a candidate list shall not be presented.

(16.06.99 entered into force 23.06.99 - RT I 1999, 54, 581)

(7) The following shall be appended to the application concerning all candidates:

(16.06.99 entered into force 23.06.99 - RT I 1999, 54, 581)

1) the standard format consent of the candidate certified by his or her signature for presentation for registration and running as a candidate, for his or her registration in the presenter’s list or as an independent candidate in the corresponding electoral district. The consent shall include confirmation that the candidate is entered in the Estonian National Electoral Register of Citizens in that rural municipality or city and is proficient in Estonian at least to the level provided for in § 31 of this Act;

(15.12.1998 entered into force 01.05.1999 – RT I 1999, 1, 1)

2) the dated autographic oath of the candidate certified by his or her signature or a statement from the administrative agency which received a prior oath indicating to whom, in what context and when he or she previously took the oath;

3) personal data concerning the candidate pursuant to the standard format established by the National Election Committee.

(71) The following personal data shall be entered on the form of a candidate: the given name and surname, personal identification code, membership in a political party, postal address and telecommunications numbers.

(16.06.99 entered into force 23.06.99 - RT I 1999, 54, 581)

(72) The following personal data may be entered on the form of a candidate: the place of birth, education and area of specialisation together with the name of the educational institution and date of graduation, research degree, place of employment and position.

(16.06.99 entered into force 23.06.99 - RT I 1999, 54, 581)

(8) The presentation by a candidate, knowingly, of false data in the documents specified in subsection (7) of this section shall be a basis for the invalidation of the mandate granted to him or her in the elections.

(9) The order of the candidates in the list shall be specified by the presenter for registration.

(10) Applications for the registration of candidates, candidate lists and documents required in subsection (7) of this section shall be submitted to the rural municipality or city election committee not later than forty days before election day.

(16.06.99 entered into force 23.06.99 - RT I 1999, 54, 581)

(11) If, upon presentation for registration of a candidate list or independent candidate, some of the required documents are omitted, contain errors or are not in conformity with the standard format established by the National Election Committee, the member of the rural municipality or city election committee who accepts them shall propose to the presenter for registration to submit the required documents or eliminate the errors. All submitted documents shall be returned. The presenter for registration shall sign against receipt of the returned documents. Upon re-submission of the documents, they shall be considered submitted for the first time and shall be registered as of the date of their re-submission.

(12) If documents are submitted for registration of a candidate list or independent candidate on the fortieth day before election day before 6 p.m. and they contain omissions or errors which cannot be immediately corrected, or are not in conformity with the standard format established by the National Election Committee, the documents shall be accepted. In such case, the rural municipality or city election committee shall propose to the presenter for registration to eliminate the omissions or errors from the submitted documents or to submit the documents, conforming to the standard format established by the National Election Committee, not later than on the thirty-eighth day before election day, at 6 p.m. If the omissions or errors are not eliminated by this deadline, the candidate whose documents contain omissions or errors shall not be registered.

(16.06.99 entered into force 23.06.99 - RT I 1999, 54, 581)

(13) (Repealed - 16.06.99 entered into force 23.06.99 - RT I 1999, 54, 581)