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Article 55
 

§ 55. Taking ballot papers into account upon verification of voting results

(1) The ballot papers received by a representation shall be taken into account in the verification of voting results if they are received by the National Electoral Committee not later than on the fourth day before election day.

(2) When the National Electoral Committee has received the envelopes with ballot papers of voters permanently residing in a foreign state, the Committee shall verify that the voters permanently residing in a foreign state have not voted several times and that the voters permanently residing in a foreign state who voted in Estonia are entered in the list of voters permanently residing in a foreign state.

(3) If a voter permanently residing in a foreign state has voted several times or has not been entered in the list of voters permanently residing in a foreign state, the National Electoral Committee shall not take into account any of the ballot papers completed by the voter or any vote cast electronically by the voter in the verification of the voting results.

(4) The National Electoral Committee shall designate a county electoral committee for each electoral district which shall verify the voting results of voters permanently residing in a foreign state.

(5) The National Electoral Committee shall forward the ballot papers of voters permanently residing in a foreign state to the electoral committee designated in subsection (4) of this section not later than on the second day before election day.

(6) Envelopes with the ballot papers of voters permanently residing in a foreign state shall remain in the county electoral committee and shall be opened on election day in order to verify the voting results.

(7) Not later than on the day before election day, the National Electoral Committee shall forward the envelopes with the ballot papers of voters temporarily staying in a foreign state to the corresponding division committees where the ballots are to be taken into account when the voting results are being verified pursuant to the provisions of subsections 48 (4)-(7) of this Act.