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§ 41.
 

(1) A voting district committee shall pack the envelopes with the ballot papers of voters who voted outside the voting district of their residence by the counties, Tallinn and the city of Tartu, and shall forward the envelopes to the county head of elections of their location. [RT I, 06.05.2016, 1 - entry into force 01.01.2017] (2) The county head of elections shall forward the envelopes with ballot papers specified in subsection (1) to the relevant county heads of elections through the State Electoral Office not later than on the second day before the day of the referendum. Referendum Act Page 13 / 22 [RT I, 06.05.2016, 1 - entry into force 01.01.2017] (3) A county head of elections shall forward the envelopes with ballot papers received from other county heads of elections pursuant to the procedure prescribed in subsection (2) to the relevant voting district committees not later than on the day preceding the day of the referendum. [RT I, 06.05.2016, 1 - entry into force 01.01.2017] (4) After receipt of the envelopes with ballot papers pursuant to the procedure prescribed in subsection (3), the voting district committee shall check that each voter is entered in the list of voters of the voting district and that he or she has not voted more than once. At least three members of a voting district committee must be present when ballot papers are checked. (5) If a voter is not entered in the list of voters of the voting district or he or she has voted more than once outside the voting district of his or her residence, the voting district committee shall not take into account any of the ballot papers of the voter. (6) If the voter has voted once, a member of the voting district committee shall make a notation in the list of voters concerning voting at the advance voting. (7) After performing the acts prescribed in subsections (4)–(6), the voting district committee shall open the outer envelopes, deposit the inner envelopes with ballot papers in the ballot box used at the advance voting and seal the opening of the ballot box again. [RT I 2006, 30, 231 - entry into force 14.07.2006]