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Estonia
General Right to
Vote
Constitution:
(28 June 1992)
Article 57, section (1) states, "The right to vote shall belong
to every Estonian citizen who has attained the age of eighteen."
Exclusion Based
on Mental Disability
Constitution:
(28 June 1992)
Article 57, section (2) states "An Estonian citizen who has
been declared mentally incompetent by a court of law shall not have the
right to vote."
Electoral Law:
(7 June 1994: Riigikogu Electoral Law)
Article 2, section (3) states: "Any citizen who has been declared
mentally incompetent by a court of law shall not be entitled to vote."
Voter Assistance
by Other Citizens
Electoral Law:
(7 June 1994: Riigikogu Electoral Law)
Article 33, section (1) states, "
An elector who is unable
to fill out the ballot paper himself or herself shall have the right to
call the person of his or her choice into the voting booth to fill out
the ballot paper, however such person may not be a candidate in the given
electoral region."
Off-Site Voting
Alternatives
Electoral Law:
(7 June 1994: Riigikogu Electoral Law)
Article 35 discusses (in considerable detail) procedures for voting
at home. Section (1) states: "Any elector who is unable to vote in
the polling station due to the state of his or her health or for some
other compelling reason may apply to vote at home."
Article 35, section (4) states: "Voting at home shall be held
by at least two members of the polling district committee. They shall
carry a ballot box which has been sealed as required, a sufficient number
of ballot papers, a list of persons who will vote at home, the master
list of candidates for the electoral region, and writing instruments."
Article 35, section (6) states: "When voting at home, the
elector shall sign the list of electors who will vote at home upon receipt
of the ballot paper. Secrecy of voting must be guaranteed during voting
at home."
Article 35, section (9) states: "The polling district committee
may hold voting in hospitals, facilities for the disabled and the elderly
located
in the given polling district in the same manner and at the same time
as voting at home, if the elector can present an elector's card and an
identity document."
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