Home voting

(1) Where a voter is unable to vote at a polling place due to their state of health or for another good reason, theymay apply to vote at home. The application to vote at home may also be submitted to vote at the location of the voter.

(2) In order to vote at home, a voter submits a written application by 14:00 on the referendum day.

(3) A voter may submit an application to vote at home also by phone from 12:00 to 20:00 on the second and thefirst day before the referendum day and from 9:00 to 14:00 on the referendum day.

(4) An application to vote at home must include the following:

1) name of voter;

2) personal identification code of voter;

3) address of voter;

4) telecommunications numbers of voter;

5)  reason for voting at home.

(5) An application for voting at home is registered. Where the voting district committee finds that theapplication is unsubstantiated, the committee notifies the applicant about the circumstances for dismissal of the application.

(6) Home voting is organised by at least two members of the voting district committee in accordance withthe provisions of subsection 3 of § 27 and subsections 1–3, 5–7 and 10 of § 32 of this Act. Such members are appointed based on the principle that they may not be members of the same political party and they may not have presented to be members of a voting district committee on the proposal of the same political party.

(7) After completing the ballot paper, the voter folds the ballot paper and deposits the ballot paper in the ballotbox pursuant to the procedure specified in subsection 9 of § 32 of this Act. [RT I, 09.07.2018, 1 – entry into force 01.01.2021]