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, they may apply to vote at home.

(2) In order to vote at home, a voter submits a written application by 14:00 on the election 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 the first day before the election day and from 9:00 to 14:00 on the election day.

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

1) name of the voter;

2) personal identification code of the voter;

3) address of the voter;

4) telecommunications numbers of the voter; 5)  reason for voting at home.

(5) An application for voting at home is registered. Where the voting district committee finds that the application 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. 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. Home voting is organised pursuant to the provisions of subsections 1–4, 6–8 and 11 of § 39 of this Act.

(7) After completing the ballot paper, the voter folds the ballot paper and deposits the ballot paper in the ballot box pursuant to the procedure specified in subsection 10 of § 39 of this Act.

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