§ § 55Ascertaining of voting results in rural municipality or city electoral committees

(1) On the basis of the records, records concerning the voting results of voters who voted outside the electoral district during advance voting, list of voters, and record sheets concerning the ballot papers received from the voting district committees, and voting results of voters who voted using electronic means, the rural municipality or city electoral committee verifies for every electoral district the number of voters who were given a ballot paper, the number of voters who participated in voting, the number of invalid ballot papers, and the number of votes cast for candidates, political parties and election coalitions. The result obtained is checked by recounting the ballot papers.
(2) Where the numbers obtained by recounting the ballot papers are different from the numbers in the records of a voting district committee or in the list of voters, the rural municipality or city electoral committee sets out the differences and the circumstances which caused such differences in the appendix to the record. Records or record sheets concerning the ballot papers of the voting district committee may not be amended. The rural municipality or city electoral committee adopts a resolution concerning the final voting results.
(3) A rural municipality or city electoral committee prepares a record concerning the ascertaining of the voting results in the rural municipality or city which is signed by the chair of the committee. The date and time of preparation of the record are indicated therein.
(4) Voting results are ascertained publicly in a rural municipality or city electoral committee.
[RT I, 09.07.2018, 1 – entry into force 01.01.2021]