§ § 21Procedure for entry of citizens of European Union in list of voters

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(1) A citizen of the European Union who pursuant to subsections 2 and 3 of § 4 of this Act has the right to participate in the voting and who wishes to exercise said right submits an application to be entered in the list of voters to the controller of the population register not later than on the 30th day before the election day. The person appends a copy of the page of their identity document containing personal data to the application.
(2) In the application, the person states:
1) their nationality;
2) the address of their residence in Estonia;
3) the local government or electoral district of his or her home Member State in the electoral register in which their name was last entered, where such data are available;
4) that the person wishes to exercise their right to vote in Estonia only;
5) that they have not been deprived of the right to vote in their home Member State.
(3) The controller of the population register enters a person in the list of voters pursuant to the procedure prescribed in § 20 of this Act and informs the competent administrative authorities of the person’s home Member State thereof and informs the person of being entered or not being entered in the list of voters.
(4) In the next elections to the European Parliament, a person who has been entered in the list of voters pursuant to the provisions of this section, is entered in the list of voters without having to submit another application, if the person:
1) has the right to participate in the voting pursuant to subsections 2 and 3 of § 4 of this Act;
2) has had a permanent residence in Estonia, which is entered in the population register, during the entire period of time between the elections.

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