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Legislative Framework
LF001
Status of Electoral Law
Question: What is the status of the electoral law governing national elections?
Answer(s):
a . Part of Constitution
b . Separate legislation
d . Regulations or administrative rules
Comments:
Riigikogu Election Act: § 15:
(3) The National Electoral Committee shall issue regulations in the cases prescribed in subsection (4) and (5) of this section. The Chairman shall sign the regulations of the National Electoral Committee. Regulations enter into force on the third day after publication in the Riigi Teataja.
(6) The National Electoral Committee shall adopt a resolution in order to resolve an individual issue within the competence of the National Electoral Committee. The resolution shall be signed by the Chairman of the Committee. The resolution shall enter into force upon signature thereof.
(7)Regulations, resolutions and instructions of the National Electoral Committee shall be binding on county electoral committees, the Electronic Voting Committee and voting district committees.
Source:
Constitution: The Constitution of the Republic of Estonia with latest amendment on 6 May 2015.
Electoral Law: Riigikogu Election Act as amended on 13 April 2016.
Electoral Law: President of the Republic Election Act, passed on 13 June 2012.
Electoral Law: Local Government Council Election Act as amended on 6 July 2016.
Verified:
2019/02/19
LF003
Electoral Law covers
Question: The national electoral law covers:
Answer(s):
a . National elections
Comments:
There are separate laws for every type of election.
Source:
Electoral Law: Riigikogu Election Act as amended on 13 April 2016.
Electoral Law: President of the Republic Election Act, passed on 13 June 2012.
Electoral Law: Local Government Council Election Act as amended on 6 July 2016.
Verified:
2019/02/19
LF004
Compulsory/voluntary voting
Question: Is voting on the national level voluntary or compulsory?
Answer(s):
a . Voting is voluntary
Comments:
§ 56. Supreme political authority in Estonia is vested in the people who, through citizens eligible to vote, exercise it:
1) in elections of the Riigikogu;
2) in referendums
Source:
Constitution: The Constitution of the Republic of Estonia with latest amendment on 16 May 2015, § 56.
Verified:
2019/02/19
LF007
Electoral Disputes Agency(ies)
Question: What are the agency(ies) responsible for the first level of formal electoral disputes?
Answer(s):
b . EMB
Comments:
§ 68.
For the purposes of this Act, a complaint is a request for a resolution of an electoral committee to be reviewed and declared invalid or for an act of an electoral committee to be declared unlawful which is filed with a county electoral committee or the National Electoral Committee and is prepared according to the requirements of this Act
Source:
Electoral Law: Riigikogu Election Act as amended on 13 April 2016, ch. 12.
Verified:
2019/02/19
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