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§ 22.
 

(1) The chief processor of the population register shall organise the preparation of voter's cards and their sending to voters not later than on the twentieth day before the day of the referendum. A voter's card shall not be sent to a voter if the information on his or her residence is entered in the population register on the initiative of a local government to the accuracy of the rural municipality or city, or in Tallinn to the accuracy of the city district. If several referendums are held on the same day, only one voter's card shall be sent to each voter. (2) The following shall be entered in the voter's card: 1) given name and surname of voter; 2) year of birth of voter; 3) residential address of voter; 4) the name of the rural municipality or city and the number of the voting district where the voter is entered in the list of voters; 5) the time and place of voting on advance voting days and the day of the referendum; 6) the referendum issue or the title of the draft Act and a notation concerning publication of the draft Act in the Riigi Teataja; 7) other information concerning voting. [RT I, 11.07.2014, 1 - entry into force 21.07.2014] (21 ) A voter may order an electronic voter's card. To order an electronic voter's card, a voter shall submit an application to the chief processor of the population register through the Estonian information gateway. For the following elections and referendums, a voter shall be sent an electronic voter's card without the need to resubmit the application. [RT I, 11.07.2014, 1 - entry into force 21.07.2014] (3) A voter who has not received a voter's card by the fifteenth day before the day of the referendum or whose voter's card contains incorrect information may file an application with a rural municipality or city secretary for clarification to be given or errors to be corrected. The rural municipality or city secretary shall promptly review the application together with the person who prepared the voter's card and shall respond to the application in writing within three working days as of receiving the application.