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Article 42
 

Advance voting held outside electoral district of residence at polling place


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


(1) A voter who wishes to vote at a polling place outside the electoral district of their residence presents an identity document to a member of the voting district committee.


(2) A member of the voting district committee checks from the list of voters that the voter has the right to vote and in which electoral district the residence of the voter is.


(3) Where it turns out as a result of checking that the voter has the right to vote, the member of the voting district committee makes a notation in the list of voters concerning the issue of a ballot paper. The voter signs against the receipt of the ballot paper.


(4) The member of the voting district committee issues to the voter a ballot paper, two envelopes and the consolidated list of candidates in the electoral district of the residence of the voter.


(5) The voter completes the ballot paper pursuant to the provisions of subsections 5 8 and 11 of § 39 of this Act.


(6) The voter places the ballot paper in one of the envelopes given by the member of the voting district committee. The voter places the envelope in the other envelope given by the member of the voting district committee. The voting district committee writes the data pertaining to the voter on the outer envelope. The voter deposits the envelope in the ballot box prescribed for the ballot papers of voters who vote outside the electoral district of their residence.


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