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Article 23
 

List of voters


(1) The controller of the population register organises the preparation of the list of voters on the basis of thedata of the population register and sends it to the State Electoral Office not later than on the 25thday before the referendum day.


(2) The list of voters is maintained on the basis of the data prescribed in subsection 3 of § 21 of this Act, asat the 30th day before the referendum day. Upon maintenance of the list of voters, any changes made to the data specified in clauses 1–5 of subsection 3 of § 21 of this Act after the 30thday before the referendum day are also taken into account. Any changes made to the residential address and address of the place of stay after the 30thday before the referendum day are not taken into account.


(3) Data on a person are not entered in a list of voters where the person has been convicted of a criminal offenceby a court pursuant to the information of the criminal records database and where, as at the 30thday before the referendum day, the person is to serve a prison sentence until the referendum day.


(4) The residential address of a voter entered in the population register as at the 30thday before the referendum day is entered in the list of voters. Where the residential address of the voter is not entered in the population register and there is an address of the place of stay, the address of the place of stay of the voter is entered in the list of voters. Where the data on the residence of a voter are entered in the population register to the accuracy of the rural municipality or city, or in Tallinn to the accuracy of the city district, the data on the residence of a voter to the accuracy of the rural municipality or city, or in Tallinn to the accuracy of the city district, are entered in the list of voters.


(5) The following data on each voter are entered in the list of voters:


1) given name and surname;


2) personal identification code;


3) residential address or address of the place of stay;


4) a notation regarding the issue of a ballot paper to the voter and information on the time and place of voting.[RT I, 09.07.2018, 1 – entry into force 01.01.2021]