Making amendments to list of voters

(1) Amendments are made to a list of voters only where:

1) a person who has not been entered in the list of voters but who has the right to participate in the voting pursuant to this Act is to be entered in the list;

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2) a person who does not have the right to participate in the voting is to be deleted from the list.

(2) In order to amend a list of voters, a person submits an application in order to be entered in the population register or an application for the amendment of register data which are the basis for the registration of voters to a rural municipality or city secretary. The rural municipality or city secretary reviews the application together with the controller of the population register and promptly responds to the person. Where the register data of the population register which are the basis for the registration of voters are amended in such manner that it brings about an amendment to the list of voters, the controller of the population register sends the amendment to the State Electoral Office.

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(3) [Repealed – RT I, 09.07.2018, 1 – entry into force 01.01.2021]

(4) [Repealed – RT I, 09.07.2018, 1 – entry into force 01.01.2021]

(5) Where a rural municipality or city secretary dismisses an application specified in subsection 2 of this section, the applicant may file a complaint with an administrative court of their residence against the act of the rural municipality or city secretary. The complaint is filed with the rural municipality or city secretary who forwards the complaint to the administrative court of their location together with a written explanation within 24 hours.

(6) The administrative court has to review the complaint and make a judgment within three working days afterthe date of receipt of the complaint.

(7) The administrative court makes one of the following judgments:

1) to refuse to grant the complaint;

2) to grant the complaint and issue a precept to the rural municipality or city secretary to arrange that theperson be entered in the population register or to amend the register data which are the basis for the registration of voters.

(8) Where the administrative court grants the complaint, the person is promptly entered in the population register or the data pertaining to the person are amended.

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