Submission of applications to vote
(1) Where a voter wishes to vote by post, they send a corresponding application to the Estonian foreign mission in the country of their habitual residence. Where Estonia does not have a foreign mission in the country of habitual residence of a voter, the voter sends the application to the closest foreign mission of Estonia.
(2) A voter who has been entered in the list of voters:
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1) appends a copy of the page of their identity document containing personal data to the application;
2) indicates in the application their residential address in the foreign state.
(3) A voter who has not been entered in the list of voters:
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1) appends copies of documents which certify their identity and that they have the right to vote pursuant to subsections 1 and 2 of § 4 of this Act to the application;
2) indicates their residential address in the foreign state;
3) indicates their last residence in Estonia (the county, the city district in Tallinn, or the city of Tartu). Where a voter permanently residing in a foreign state has not had a residence in Estonia, they indicate the last residence of their parents or grandparents in Estonia.
(4) A voter temporarily staying in a foreign state indicates their residential address in Estonia in the application in addition to the information prescribed in clauses 1 and 2 of subsection 2 of this section.
(5) Applications are to be received by the foreign mission not later than on the 30thday before the election day. [RT I 2006, 30, 231 – entry into force 14.07.2006]
