§ § 53Taking into account votes cast during advance voting outside electoral district of residence

[RT I, 09.07.2018, 1 – entry into force 01.01.2021]
(1) Immediately after the close of voting outside the electoral district of residence, the voting district committee packs the envelopes with the ballot papers of voters separately by rural municipalities and cities, and forwards these to a rural municipality or city secretary who forwards these to the State Electoral Office pursuant to the procedure established on the basis of clause 51 of subsection 2 of § 19 of this Act.
(2) The envelopes with the ballot papers of the voters who voted outside the electoral district of their residence are to be forwarded to the rural municipality or city electoral committee of the residence of the voters not later than at 12:00 on the election day.
(3) After receipt of the envelopes with ballot papers, the rural municipality or city electoral committee checks on the basis of the list of voters that the residence of the voters is in this electoral district.
(4) Where a voter is not entered in the list of voters of the electoral district, the rural municipality or city electoral committee does not take into account the envelope containing the ballot paper of the voter.
(5) After performing the acts prescribed in subsections 3 and 4 of this section, the rural municipality or city electoral committee opens the outer envelopes and deposits the inner envelopes with ballot papers until the start of ascertaining of the voting results.
[RT I, 09.07.2018, 1 – entry into force 01.01.2021]