§ § 15Nomination, presentation for registration and registration of candidates for first round of voting

(1) The right to nominate a candidate rests with not less than one-fifth of all members of the Riigikogu.
(2) A member of the Riigikogu may nominate only one candidate.
(3) In a regular election of the President of the Republic, the presentation of candidates for registration begins at 9:00 on the twelfth day and ends at 18:00 on the ninth day before the day of the first round of voting.
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(3¹) In an extraordinary election of the President of the Republic, the presentation of candidates for registration begins at 9:00 on the fourth day and ends at 18:00 on the second day before the day of the first round of voting.
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(4) In order to register a candidate, the nominators submit an application to the electoral committee, which contains:
1) the given name and surname of the candidate;
2) the year, month and day of birth of the candidate;
3) the names and signatures of the nominators;
4) the date of preparation of the application.
(5) The nominators append the following to the application:
1) the dated and signed autographic consent of the candidate to stand as a candidate for President of the Republic and confirmation that they meet the requirements provided by law for a candidate for President of the Republic;
2) the dated and signed autographic oath of the candidate or a statement from the administrative agency which received a prior oath indicating to whom, in what context and when the candidate took the oath;
3) documents which certify that the candidate is an Estonian citizen by birth.
(6) The documents required for registration of the candidate are submitted to the electoral committee by a nominator of the candidate.
(7) Where, upon presentation of a candidate for registration, some of the required documents are missing or they contain errors, the person who accepts documents proposes to the presenter of the candidate for registration to submit the required documents or correct the errors before the end of the registration period. The submitted documents are returned. The presenter of the candidate for registration signs against their receipt. Where the documents are resubmitted, they are considered submitted for the first time and are registered as of the date and time of their resubmission.
(8) The electoral committee registers, on the day after expiry of the due date for presentation of candidates for registration, the candidates presented in compliance with the requirements.
(9) The candidates are registered in the order of their presentation for registration.
(10) After registration of candidates, no changes may be made in the list of candidates to be entered on the ballot paper, except upon the death of a candidate or upon submission of a document which proves that a certain candidate does not meet the requirements set out in § 2 of this Act.