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§ 22.
 

List of voters


(1) The chief processor of the population register shall organise the preparation and printing of the list of voters for each voting district on the basis of the information held in the population register and shall organise the delivery of the list of voters to the voting district committees not later than by the seventh day before election day. The electronic lists of voters shall be sent to the State Electoral Office not later than by the thirteenth day before election day. [RT I, 06.05.2016, 1 - entry into force 01.01.2017]


(2) The basis for the preparation of the lists of voters shall be the information prescribed in subsection 20 (3) of this Act, as at the thirtieth day before election day. Upon preparation of the list of voters, any amendments made to the information specified in clauses 20


(3) 1)-5) of this Act after the thirtieth day before election day shall also be taken into account. Amendments made to the residential address details after the thirtieth day before election day shall not be taken into account. (3) A person shall not be entered in a list of voters if he or she has been convicted of a criminal offence by a court pursuant to information held in the punishment register and if, as at the thirtieth day before election day, he or she is to be imprisoned until election day.


(4) A voter shall be entered in the list of voters of the voting district in the territory of which his or her residence, as entered in the population register, is located on the thirtieth day before election day. If the information on the residence of a voter is entered in the population register to the accuracy of the rural municipality or city, or in Tallinn to the accuracy of the city district, the voter shall be entered in the list of voters of a voting district determined pursuant to clause 8 (2) 5) of this Act.


(5) The following information on each voter shall be entered in the list of voters: 1) given name and surname; 2) personal identification code; 3) residential address.


(6) Voters shall be entered in a list of voters in alphabetical order according to their surname.


(7) The person who prepares the list of voters shall sign the list of voters not later than on the seventh day before election day and the chairman of the voting district committee shall sign the list of voters on election day after the close of voting. The Head of the State Electoral Office shall sign the list of voters who voted electronically after the close of voting. [RT I, 06.05.2016, 1 - entry into force 01.01.2017] (8) [Repealed - RT I, 01.11.2012, 1 - entry into force 11.11.2012]