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Article 38
 

Time of voting


(1) Voting on the election day opens at 9:00 and closes at 20:00.[RT I, 01.11.2012, 1 – entry into force 11.11.2012]


(2) Advance voting is held:


1) from the sixth day to the third day before the election day in a voting district designated on the basis of clause 3 of subsection 2 of § 19 of this Act. Voting opens at 12:00 and closes at 20:00;


2) from the second day to the first day before the election day in all voting districts. Voting opens at 12:00 and closes at 20:00;


3) from the sixth day to the third day before the election day at the location of a voter, in penal institutions, hospitals and 24-hour social welfare institutions between 9:00 and 20:00;


4) from the sixth day to the first day before the election day by electronic means. Voting opens at 9:00 on the sixth day before the election day and lasts 24 hours a day until 20:00 on the day before the election day. [RT I, 09.07.2018, 1 – entry into force 01.01.2021]


(3) Home voting is held from 9:00 to 20:00 on the second and the first day before the election day and on the election day in the cases prescribed by this Act. [RT I, 09.07.2018, 1 – entry into force 01.01.2021]


(4) Voters are allowed to complete voting within 15 minutes after the end of the voting time provided in subsection 1 and in clause 4 of subsection 2


of this section. [RT I, 24.05.2024, 1 – entry into force 03.06.2024]