Taking ballot papers into account upon ascertaining of voting results

(1) As the voting results are being ascertained, the ballot papers which have been sent to the State Electoral Office by a foreign mission and which have arrived not later than on the fourth day before the day of the referendum shall be taken into account.

(2) When the State Electoral Office 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 with a ballot paper or if he or she has not been entered in the list of voters permanently residing in a foreign state, the State Electoral Office shall not take into account any of the envelopes with ballot papers of the voter. If a voter has voted using electronic means as well as with a ballot paper, the ballot paper of the voter shall be taken into account. If a voter has voted several times with a ballot paper and using electronic means, all envelopes with ballot papers of the voter as well as the vote cast at foreign mission shall not be taken into account.

(4) The voting results of voters permanently residing in a foreign state shall be ascertained by Tallinn City Vote Counting Committee.
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(5) The State Electoral Office shall forward the ballot papers of voters permanently residing in a foreign state to the vote counting committee provided for in subsection (4) of this section not later than on the second day before the day of the referendum.
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(6) Envelopes with the ballot papers of voters permanently residing in a foreign state shall be opened on the day of the referendum in order to ascertain voting results.
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(7) Not later than on the day before the day of the referendum, the State Electoral Office shall forward the envelopes with the ballot papers of voters temporarily staying in a foreign state through the rural municipality and city secretaries to the voting district committees where the ballots are to be taken into account when the voting results are being ascertained pursuant to subsections 41 (4)–(7) of this Act.
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