Preservation of ballot papers and voting documents

(1) A rural municipality or city secretary preserves the ballot papers for one month after the referendum day.After the expiry of this term, but not before final resolutions have been made in respect to any complaints or appeals provided in § 57 of this Act, the rural municipality or city secretary organises the destruction of the ballot papers and documents it.

[RT I, 24.05.2024, 1 – entry into force 03.06.2024]

(2) The State Electoral Office preserves the electronic votes for one month after the referendum day. After theexpiry of this term, but not before final resolutions have been made in respect to any complaints or appeals provided in § 57 of this Act, the State Electoral Office:

1) publicly destroys the electronic votes, personal data of the voters contained in the electronic voting systemand the vote-opening key for electronic votes;

2) other parties involved in the organisation of the electronic voting destroy the back-up copies of theelectronic voting system in their possession and the personal data of the voters contained in the electronic voting system.

[RT I, 24.05.2024, 1 – entry into force 03.06.2024]

(3) The records of voting results are preserved permanently. The list of voters is preserved permanently in theNational Archives.

[RT I, 09.07.2018, 1 – entry into force 01.01.2021]

(4) The State Electoral Office organises the preservation of the records of voting results, record sheetsconcerning the ballot papers, and other voting documents. [RT I, 09.07.2018, 1 – entry into force 01.01.2021]

(5) The rural municipality and city governments organise the preservation of the election equipment in ruralmunicipalities and cities during the period between elections and referenda.

[RT I, 04.07.2017, 1 – entry into force 01.01.2018]