Specifications for supplementary elections
(1) Supplementary elections shall be held in accordance with this Act, taking into account the specifications provided for in this Chapter.
(2) Persons who meet the requirements prescribed in subsections 5 (1)-(4) of this Act and whose permanent residence, i.e. residence the address details of which have been entered in the population register, is located in the rural municipality or city on the date elections are declared may participate in voting in supplementary elections.
(3) Persons who meet the requirements prescribed in subsections 5 (5) and (6) of this Act and whose permanent residence, i.e. residence the address details of which have been entered in the population register, is located in the rural municipality or city on the date elections are declared may stand as candidates in supplementary elections.
(4) A new rural municipality or city electoral committee or new voting district committees shall not be formed for supplementary elections.
(5) In the event of supplementary elections, a total of at least fifteen days shall be provided for the nomination and registration of candidates.
(6) If there are not enough funds in the budget of a rural municipality or city to prepare and hold supplementary elections, the expenditure relating to the elections shall be covered from the state budget at the request of and to the extent indicated by the minister or governmental authority responsible for the area. An allocation received from the state budget in order to hold supplementary elections shall be withheld from the budget of the following year of the corresponding rural municipality or city. The Government of the Republic has the right to reduce the repayable amount or to exempt the rural municipality or city from the obligation to repay.
[RT I, 04.07.2017, 1 - entry into force 01.01.2018]
(7) The provisions of §§ 46–51 and Chapter 71 of this Act do not apply to supplementary elections.
[RT I, 01.11.2012, 1 - entry into force 11.11.2012]
