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Article 15
 

§ 15. Nomination, presentation for registration and registration of candidates for first round of voting

 (1) The right to nominate a candidate rests with not less than one-fifth of the membership of the Riigikogu.

 

(2) A member of the Riigikogu may nominate only one candidate.

 

(3) Presentation of candidates for registration shall begin on the fourth day at 9 a.m. and end on the second day at 6 p.m. before the date of the first round of voting.

 

(4) In order to register a candidate, the nominators shall submit an application to the election committee, which shall contain:

 

1) the given name and surname of the candidate;

 

2) the year, month and day of birth of the candidate;

 

3) the names and signatures of the nominators;

 

4) the date of preparation of the application.

 

(5) The nominators shall append the following to the application:

 

1) the dated and signed autographic consent of the candidate to run as a candidate for President of the Republic and confirmation that he or she meets the requirements provided by law for a candidate for President of the Republic;

 

2) the dated and signed autographic oath of the candidate or a statement from the administrative agency which received a prior oath indicating to whom, in what context and when the candidate took the oath;

 

3) documents which certify that the candidate is an Estonian citizen by birth.

 

(6) The documents required for registration of the candidate shall be submitted to the election committee by a nominator of the candidate.

 

(7) If, upon presentation of a candidate for registration, some of the required documents are omitted or they contain errors, the person who accepts documents shall propose to the presenter of the candidate for registration to submit the required documents or correct the errors before the end of the registration period. The submitted documents shall be returned. The presenter of the candidate for registration shall sign against their receipt. If the documents are resubmitted, they shall be considered submitted for the first time and shall be registered as of the date and time of their resubmission.

 

(8) The election committee shall, on the day after expiry of the deadline for presentation of candidates for registration, register the candidates presented according to the requirements.

 

(9) The candidates shall be registered in the order of their presentation for registration.

 

(10) After registration of candidates, no changes shall be made in the list of candidates to be entered on the ballot, except upon the death of a candidate or the submission of a document which establishes that a certain candidate does not meet the requirements set out in § 2 of this Act.