Election coalition

(1) An election coalition is a civil law partnership formed by Estonian citizens and citizens of the European Union who have the right to vote, which has been formed on the basis of a written contract and which objective consists in the expression of the political interests of its members and supporters at the local government level.

(2) The name of an election coalition shall contain the word valimisliit[election coalition].

(2) An election coalition shall be presented for registration to the rural municipality or city electoral committee not earlier than on the sixtieth and not later than on the forty-fifth day before election day.

(3) In order for the candidates of an election coalition to be registered, the authorised representative of the election coalition shall submit a notice to the rural municipality or city electoral committee. The notice shall set out the following:

1) name of rural municipality or city for council elections of which election coalition is formed;
2) name of election coalition;
3) written contract of partnership, which contains the names, personal identification codes, addresses and telecommunications numbers of at least two persons authorised to manage the election coalition;
4) names, personal identification codes and signatures of Estonian citizens and citizens of the European Union who have right to vote and who formed election coalition.

(4) The name of an election coalition shall not be offensive or misleading. The name of an election coalition registered in the previous council elections may be used if more than half of the persons who formed the previous the election coalition also form the new election coalition. It is prohibited to use the name of a political party or another election coalition or a name confusingly similar thereto as the name of an election coalition.

(5) A rural municipality or city electoral committee shall register an election coalition presented for registration according to the requirements within three days after receipt of the documents set out in subsection (4) of this section.

(6) A rural municipality or city electoral committee shall not register an election coalition if the documents set out in subsection (4) of this section are not submitted within the term for presentation for registration thereof or if they contain omissions or errors or if the formation of the election coalition is prohibited arising from this Act.
[RT I, 10.12.2010, 1 - entry into force 01.04.2011]