General Right to Vote
Constitution
(1992, as amended 2003)

• Article 57 states, “An Estonian citizen who has attained eighteen years of age has the right to vote.”

Electoral Law
Riigikogu [Parliament] Election Act
(2002, last amended 2010)

• Article 4, section (1) states, “Estonian citizens who have attained 18 years of age by election day have the right to vote.”

Exclusion Based on Intellectual Disability
Constitution
(1992, as amended 2003)

• Article 57 states, “An Estonian citizen who has been divested of his or her legal capacity by a court does not have the right to vote.”

Electoral Law
Riigikogu [Parliament] Election Act
(2002, last amended 2010)

• Article 4, section (2) states, “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.” (Repeated verbatim in section (5).)

Local Government Council Elections Act
(2002, last amended 2010)

• Article 4, section (3) states, “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.”

European Parliament Election Act
(2002, last amended 2009)

• Repeats the above provision in article 4, section 3, subsection 1.

Voter Assistance
Electoral Law
Riigikogu [Parliament] Election Act
(2002, last amended 2010)

• Article 39, section (5) states, “The voter shall complete the ballot paper himself or herself.  If he or she is unable to complete the ballot paper himself or herself due to a physical disability, another voter, but not a candidate in the election district of his or her residence, may do so at his or her request and in his or her presence.”
• Article 39, section (8) states, “The voter shall deposit the ballot paper in the ballot box himself or herself. If he or she is unable to deposit the ballot paper in the ballot box himself or herself due to a physical disability, another voter may do so at his or her request and in his or her presence.”

Local Government Council Elections Act
(2002, last amended 2009)

• Article 45, section (5) states, “The voter shall complete the ballot paper himself or herself. If he or she is unable to complete the ballot paper himself or herself due to a physical disability, another voter, but not a candidate in the election district of his or her residence, may do so at his or her request and in his or her presence.”
• Article 45, section (8) states, “The voter shall deposit the ballot paper in the ballot box himself or herself. If he or she is unable to deposit the ballot paper in the ballot box himself or herself due to a physical disability, another voter may do so at his or her request and in his or her presence.”

European Parliament Election Act
(2002, last amended 2009)

• Repeats the above provisions in article 38.

Off-Site Voting
Electoral Law
Riigikogu [Parliament] Election Act
(2002, last amended 2010)

• Article 43, section (1) states, “ If a voter who wishes to vote outside the polling division of his or her residence is unable to vote at a polling place located in a polling division due to his or her state of health or for another good reason, he or she may, until 4 p.m. on the last day of advance polling, submit a written application to vote at his or her location to the rural municipality or city government of his or her location or to a division committee prescribed in subsection 41 (2) of this Act...”
• Article 46, section (1) states, “If a voter is unable to vote at a polling place due to his or her state of health or for another good reason, he or she may apply to vote at home.” Article 46 continues on to discuss the specific procedures for home voting.

Local Government Council Elections Act
(2002, last amended 2009)

• Article 49, section (1) states, “If a voter who wishes to vote outside the polling division of his or her residence is unable to vote at a polling place located in a polling division due to his or her state of health or for another good reason, he or she may, until 4 p.m. on the last day of advance polling, submit a written application to vote at his or her location to the rural municipality or city government of his or her location or to a division committee prescribed in subsection 47 (2) of this Act...”
• Article 52, section (1) states, “If a voter is unable to vote at a polling place due to his or her state of health or for another good reason, he or she may apply to vote at home.”

European Parliament Election Act
(2002, last amended 2009)

• Repeats the above provisions in article 42, section 1 and article 45, section 1 respectively.

• Constitution - http://www.legaltext.ee/en/andmebaas/tekst.asp?loc=text&dok=X0000K1&keel=en&pg=1&ptyyp=RT&tyyp=X&query=constitution
• All Electoral Acts - http://www.legislationline.org/topics/country/33/topic/6