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."