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Voter Registration
VR001
Voting age
Question: What is the legal voting age in the national elections?
Answer:
c . 18
Comments: § 57. Any citizen of Estonia who has attained eighteen years of age is eligible to vote.
Source: Constitution: The Constitution of the Republic of Estonia with latest amendment on 6 May 2015, § 57(1).
Electoral Law: Riigikogu Election Act as amended on 13 April 2016, § 4(1).
Verified: 2019/02/19
VR002
Other voting requirements
Question: Beyond age, what other qualifications exist for registering to vote and voting in the national elections?
Answer(s):
a . Citizenship e . Other
Comments: § 4. Right to vote and stand as candidate
(1) Estonian citizens who have attained 18 years of age by election day have the right to vote.
(2) A person who has been divested of his or her active legal capacity with regard to the right to vote shall not have the right to vote.
(3) A person who has been convicted of a criminal offence by a court and is imprisoned shall not participate in voting.
Source: Electoral Law: Riigikogu Election Act as amended on 13 April 2016, § 4.
Verified: 2019/02/19
VR004
Authority responsible for voter registration
Question: Which is the authority responsible for the registration of voters for national elections?
Answer:
e . Other
Comments: Riigikogu Election Act:
§ 20: (1) Voters shall be registered in the population register.
§ 22: (1) The chief processor of the population register shall organise the preparation and printing of the list of voters for each voting district on the basis of the information held in the population register and shall organise the delivery of the list of voters to the voting district committees not later than by the seventh day before election day. The electronic lists of voters shall be sent to the Electronic Voting Committee not later than by the thirteenth day before election day.
Population Register Act:
§ 10. Chief processor of population register
The Ministry of the Interior exercises the rights of the chief processor of the population register (hereinafter chief processor).
§ 11. Rights and obligations of chief processor
(1) The chief processor shall ensure the maintenance of the population register and processing of data contained therein in compliance with law and legislation issued on the basis thereof.
§ 12. Appointment of authorised processor of population register
(1) The Government of the Republic shall appoint, by an order, at the proposal of the Minister of Regional Affairs a state agency or legal person in private law which complies with the requirements provided for in this section as the authorised processor of the population register. A legal person in private law shall be appointed pursuant to the procedure provided for in the Administrative Co-operation Act.
Source: Electoral Law: Riigikogu Election Act as amended on 13 April 2016, § 20.
Law: Population Register Act as amended on 7 November 2013, ch. 2.
Verified: 2019/02/19
VR008
Is it compulsory to be on the voters register?
Question: Is it compulsory to be on the voters register?
Answer:
a . Yes
Comments: § 20: (1) Voters shall be registered in the population register.
Source: Electoral Law: Riigikogu Election Act as amended on 13 April 2016 , § 20(1).
Verified: 2019/02/19
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