Preparation of electronic voting

(1) The State Electoral Office shall bring the electronic voting system to readiness not later than by the thirteenth day before election day.

(2) During the time of the electronic voting, the authorised processor of the population register shall forward to the State Electoral Office the amendments to the list of voters at least once a day. The State Electoral Office shall organise the entry of the amendments in the electronic voting system at least once a day.

(3) Prior to the start of electronic voting, the State Electoral Office shall create the encryption key for electronic votes and the vote-opening key. The means of access to the vote-opening key shall be distributed among the members of the National Electoral Committee and the State Electoral Office.

(4) The voter application shall be created for the most widespread operating systems and the votes verification application for the most widespread mobile operating systems. Prior to each elections, the State Electoral Office shall determine the operating systems for which the applications will be created.

(5) The voter application shall have support for the visually impaired.

(6) Prior to the start of electronic voting, the State Electoral Office shall publish the voter application, the votes verification application and the information necessary for ensuring the authenticity and integrity of the website. [RT I, 06.05.2016, 1 - entry into force 01.01.2017]