Voting procedures
The voter receives a ballot paper from the electoral committee when voting (except e-voting). When voting at home (or at their location), custodial institutions, hospitals or twenty-four hour social welfare institutions, the voter gets a list of candidates along with a ballot paper.
The ballot paper and list of candidates will be given on the basis of a valid identity document.
Your identity document is a document issued by a national authority that includes your name, date of birth or personal identification code, photo or facial image and signature or signature image. Documents such as an ID-card and an Estonian citizen’s passport are suitable forms of identification, but you can also present a diplomatic passport, seafarer’s discharge book, a certificate of record of service on Estonian ships or a driver’s licence. The voter can also prove their identity with a different document if it has been issued under the current law or based on a legal act and it includes the voter’s name, date of birth or personal identification code, photo or facial image and signature or signature image. A pension certificate is not considered an identity document. You will not be allowed to vote with a copy made of your identity document. Your identity document must be valid.
The voter must fill in the ballot paper independently and alone in the voting booth. If this is not possible due to a physical disability, another voter or a member of the electoral committee, but not a MEP candidate, can assist them if the voter has requested it and is present. The voter will write the registration number of the candidate for whom they are casting their vote in the provided space.
If the voter spoils the ballot paper or discovers that the paper has a defect, they can replace the damaged ballot paper with a new one. The voter has to return the damaged ballot paper to the electoral committee. If the voter has already noted their decision on the ballot paper, they must cross it out before returning it to the electoral committee so that the decision is not readable. The damaged ballot paper returned by the voter will be marked as damaged and will not be considered in counting the votes.
Voters have the right to abstain from voting. If a voter abstains from voting, they will return the ballot paper to the electoral committee.
In the polling places of residence, the voter folds the ballot paper after filling it out and brings it to a member of the electoral committee who will mark the paper with a seal. The voter deposits the ballot into the ballot box themselves. If this is not possible due to a physical disability, another voter or an electoral committee member can help them.
When voting at home (or at their location), custodial institutions, hospitals or twenty-four hour social welfare institutions, the voter will fold the ballot paper after filling it out and deposit the ballot into the ballot box themselves. If this is not possible due to a physical disability, another voter or an electoral committee member can help them. The ballot paper will not be marked with a seal.
The ballot paper and list of candidates will be given on the basis of a valid identity document.
Your identity document is a document issued by a national authority that includes your name, date of birth or personal identification code, photo or facial image and signature or signature image. Documents such as an ID-card and an Estonian citizen’s passport are suitable forms of identification, but you can also present a diplomatic passport, seafarer’s discharge book, a certificate of record of service on Estonian ships or a driver’s licence. The voter can also prove their identity with a different document if it has been issued under the current law or based on a legal act and it includes the voter’s name, date of birth or personal identification code, photo or facial image and signature or signature image. A pension certificate is not considered an identity document. You will not be allowed to vote with a copy made of your identity document. Your identity document must be valid.
The voter must fill in the ballot paper independently and alone in the voting booth. If this is not possible due to a physical disability, another voter or a member of the electoral committee, but not a MEP candidate, can assist them if the voter has requested it and is present. The voter will write the registration number of the candidate for whom they are casting their vote in the provided space.
If the voter spoils the ballot paper or discovers that the paper has a defect, they can replace the damaged ballot paper with a new one. The voter has to return the damaged ballot paper to the electoral committee. If the voter has already noted their decision on the ballot paper, they must cross it out before returning it to the electoral committee so that the decision is not readable. The damaged ballot paper returned by the voter will be marked as damaged and will not be considered in counting the votes.
Voters have the right to abstain from voting. If a voter abstains from voting, they will return the ballot paper to the electoral committee.
In the polling places of residence, the voter folds the ballot paper after filling it out and brings it to a member of the electoral committee who will mark the paper with a seal. The voter deposits the ballot into the ballot box themselves. If this is not possible due to a physical disability, another voter or an electoral committee member can help them.
When voting at home (or at their location), custodial institutions, hospitals or twenty-four hour social welfare institutions, the voter will fold the ballot paper after filling it out and deposit the ballot into the ballot box themselves. If this is not possible due to a physical disability, another voter or an electoral committee member can help them. The ballot paper will not be marked with a seal.