Taking ballot papers into account upon ascertaining of voting results

(1) A foreign mission sends the received envelopes with ballot papers to the State Electoral Office. Where according to the information in the list of voters, the voter has already voted or has voted several times, the foreign mission does not take into account any of the ballot papers of the voter and the envelopes with the ballot papers are not sent to the State Electoral Office.

(2) The ballot papers received by a foreign mission are taken into account in the ascertaining of the voting results if they are received by the State Electoral Office not later than on the fourth day before the election day.

(3) The voting results of voters permanently residing in a foreign state are ascertained by Tallinn City Vote Counting Committee.

(4) The State Electoral Office forwards the ballot papers of voters permanently residing in a foreign state to the vote counting committee specified in subsection 3 of this section not later than on the second day before the election day.

(5) Envelopes with the ballot papers of voters permanently residing in a foreign state are opened on the election day in order to ascertain the voting results.

(6) Not later than on the day before the election day, the State Electoral Office forwards the envelopes with the ballot papers of voters temporarily staying in a foreign state to the vote counting committee specified in subsection 2 of § 48 of this Act, where the ballot papers are to be taken into account upon ascertaining the voting results pursuant to the provisions of subsections 4–6 of § 48 of this Act. [RT I, 09.07.2018, 1 – entry into force 01.01.2021]