Acceptance and return of documents

(1) Rural municipality and city electoral committees shall maintain records concerning the nomination of candidates.

(2) The registration documentation of candidates shall be delivered by an authorised representative of the political party or election coalition. The registration documents of an independent candidate shall be delivered by the independent candidate or his or her authorised representative.

(3) If all the required documents have not been submitted to a rural municipality or city electoral committee, the submitted documents contain errors or omissions, the person who accepts the documents shall propose to the person submitting the documents to submit the required documents or data or to correct the errors. All the documents submitted shall be returned.
[RT I, 06.05.2016, 1 - entry into force 01.01.2017]

(4) If a political party, an election coalition or an independent candidate wishes to make amendments to the registration documents of candidates, the rural municipality or city electoral committee shall return all the submitted documents and, upon re-submission thereof, the documents are deemed to have been submitted for the first time.

(5) If a candidate is deleted from the list of nominated candidates on the basis of a personal application, the rural municipality or city electoral committee shall return an application to stand as a candidate to him or her and inform an authorised representative of the political party, election coalition or independent candidate thereof. The political party or election coalition need not re-submit the registration documentation of candidates.
[RT I, 11.07.2014, 1 - entry into force 21.07.2014]

(6) If a political party, election coalition or an independent candidate submits documents before 6 p.m. on the fortieth day before election day and it becomes evident that not all the required documents have been submitted, that the documents contain omissions or that the documents submitted contain errors which cannot be corrected immediately, the documents shall be accepted. The person who accepts the documents shall propose to the person submitting the documents to submit the missing documents or data or to correct the errors. In such case, the political party, election coalition or independent candidate shall perform the required acts not later than before 6 p.m. on the thirty-eighth day before election day.
[RT I, 06.05.2016, 1 - entry into force 01.01.2017]