Competence of State Electoral Office

(1) The function of the State Electoral Office is:

1)  to ensure the holding of a referendum in compliance with law, organise electronic voting and ascertain the results of electronic voting;

1¹) to ensure electronic use of the list of voters while holding voting;

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2) to exercise supervision over the activities of the voting managers;

3) to organise the development and management of the technical solutions necessary for the performance of theduties arising from Acts;

4) to perform other duties arising from this Act.

(2) For the performance of their functions, the State Electoral Office:

1) gives written instructions to the voting managers for ensuring the uniformity of a referendum;

2) issues oral and written mandatory orders to the voting managers;

3) draws up a draft budget for the preparation and holding of the referendum and submits it to the Governmentof the Republic through the minister in charge of the policy sector;

4) distributes among municipalities, upon approval of the National Electoral Committee, the funds allocated forholding of the referendum and establishes the procedure for using the funds allocated to the rural municipality and city secretaries and voting district committees;

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5) ensures the availability of the inventory and services necessary for holding of a referendum;

51) establishes the procedure for forwarding of the election equipment to the voting district committees, and thedistribution areas of the election equipment; [RT I, 09.07.2018, 1 – entry into force 01.01.2021]

52) establishes the procedure for the use and preservation of the election equipment;

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53) operates the election information system and electronic voting system, including the hardware and softwareused for generating the encryption key for electronic votes and the vote-opening key included in the electronic voting system, and for counting and processing votes;

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6) instructs and trains the voting managers;

7) may remove a person managing the voting who has violated the law or an order of the State Electoral Officefrom the holding of the voting;

8) where necessary, makes a proposal to the National Electoral Committee for adopting the resolutionsprovided in clauses 2–4 of subsection 2 of § 12 of this Act.

(3) The Head of the State Electoral Office signs a written order of the State Electoral Office. A written order enters into force upon signature.

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