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Timestamp: 2019-05-23 23:18:55
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 9', '§ 10', '§ 11', '§ 12', '§ 13', '§ 14', '§ 15', '§ 16', '§ 17', '§ 171', '§ 172', '§ 18', '§ 19', '§ 21', '§ 50', '§ 58', '§ 60', '§ 68', '§ 70', '§ 71', '§ 72', '§ 9', '§ 10', '§ 11', '§ 12', '§ 13', '§ 14', '§ 15', '§ 16', '§ 17', '§ 171', '§ 172', '§ 18', '§ 19', '§ 21', '§ 48', '§ 24', '§ 50', '§ 58', '§ 60', '§ 18', '§ 68', '§ 70', '§ 70', '§ 71', '§ 72', '§ 39', '§ 46']

§ 9 Types of electoral committees
§ 10 Term of authority of electoral committee
§ 11 Member of electoral committee
§ 12 Working procedures of electoral committee
§ 13 Assistance to electoral committee
§ 14 Formation of National Electoral Committee
§ 15 Competence of National Electoral Committee
§ 16 Formation of county electoral committee
§ 17 Competence of county electoral committee
§ 171 Formation of Electronic Voting Committee
§ 172 Competence of Electronic Voting Committee
§ 18 Formation of voting district committee
§ 19 Competence of voting district committee
§ 21 Voter’s card
§ 50 Submission of application to vote
§ 58 Counting of votes cast in advance voting
§ 60 Ascertaining of voting results in county electoral committees
§ 68 Definition of complaint
§ 70 Procedure for filing complaint against act of voting district committee and for review of complaint
§ 71 Procedure for filing complaint against resolution or act of county electoral committee or act of Electronic Voting Committee and for review of complaint
§ 72 Filing of complaint against resolution or act of National Electoral Committee
19.06.2014 RT I, 12.07.2014, 1 01.01.2015, partially on the next day of the publication in Riigi Teataja.
4) at least one voting district where voters can vote outside the voting district of their residence (subsection 41 (2));
(3) Voting districts are permanent. Voting shall be held in the same voting districts for Riigikogu, local government council and European Parliament elections and referendums, unless the rural municipality or city government determines otherwise and amends the regulation specified in subsection (2) of this section.
§ 9. Types of electoral committees
(1) Riigikogu elections are organised by the following electoral committees:
§ 10. Term of authority of electoral committee
(2) The term of authority of county electoral committees, the electoral committees of the cities of Tallinn and Tartu and the Electronic Voting Committee shall be four years.
(3) Voting district committees shall be formed before regular and extraordinary Riigikogu elections. The authority of a voting district committee shall continue until the new membership of the committee is appointed.
§ 11. Member of electoral committee
(1) A person who has the right to vote according to subsections 4 (1)-(3) of this Act and whose authority of a member of an electoral committee has not been terminated in the course of the last five years by a resolution of the National Electoral Committee may be a member of an electoral committee. A member of an electoral committee shall be proficient in Estonian.
(2) A person may be a member of only one electoral committee.
(3) The authority of a member of an electoral committee shall terminate prematurely:
1) if it becomes evident that he or she has no right to vote pursuant to subsections 4 (1)–(3) of this Act;
3) due to his or her death;
4) by a resolution of the National Electoral Committee.
(4) A person may be released from his or her duties as a member of an electoral committee by a reasoned resolution of the official who or body which appointed him or her either on the initiative of the official or body or on the proposal of the electoral committee.
(5) The authority of a member of an electoral committee shall be suspended if he or she:
3) is nominated as a candidate for election to the Riigikogu;
(6) [Repealed - RT I 2006, 30, 231 - entry into force 14.07.2006]
(7) The authority of a member of an electoral committee shall be restored:
1) in the cases prescribed in clauses (5) 1) and 2) of this section, as of the date when the election results are announced;
2) in the case prescribed in clause (5) 3) of this section, as of the date following the date when the candidate is not registered or declines to stand as a candidate or as of the date when the election results are announced if the candidate is not elected.
(8) A member of an electoral committee shall not campaign for or against political parties or candidates.
(9) A member of an electoral committee shall be independent in the performance of his or her duties. A member of an electoral committee shall operate pursuant to law and the instructions of a superior electoral committee.
§ 12. Working procedures of electoral committee
(7) On the basis of a resolution of an electoral committee, alternate members or other persons may participate in election activities.
(8) If a member of the National Electoral Committee cannot participate in a meeting of the Committee, an alternate member who has all the rights and obligations of a member of the Committee, except the rights and obligations of the Chairman or Deputy Chairman, shall substitute for him or her.
(10) A member of the National Electoral Committee shall receive remuneration for the participation in a meeting of the Committee and for the performance of other functions of the Committee. The hourly fee rate of a member of the National Electoral Committee shall be 25 times the minimum hourly wage established by the Government of the Republic. The procedure for payment of the remuneration shall be provided for in the working procedure of the National Electoral Committee.
(11) Members of county electoral committees shall be paid remuneration out of the allocations prescribed in the state budget for the organisation of elections. The procedure for distribution of the allocation and payment of the remuneration shall be provided for in a regulation of the National Electoral Committee.
(12) The hourly fee rate of a member of the Electronic Voting Committee shall be up to 20 times the minimum hourly wage established by the Government of the Republic. The procedure for payment of the remuneration shall be provided for in a regulation of the National Electoral Committee.
§ 13. Assistance to electoral committee
§ 14. Formation of National Electoral Committee
(1) The National Electoral Committee comprises the following members:
6) an official of the Chancellery of the Riigikogu appointed by the Secretary General of the Riigikogu;
7) an official of the State Chancellery appointed by the State Secretary.
(2) The members of the National Electoral Committee shall be appointed not later than on the tenth day before the authority of the Committee terminates.
(3) The Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the National Electoral Committee shall be elected by the electoral committee from among its members at the first meeting of the committee. The first meeting of the National Electoral Committee shall be convened by the Chairman or Deputy Chairman of the previous National Electoral Committee not later than on the seventh day after the beginning of the authority of the Committee.
(4) The person who appoints a member of the National Electoral Committee to office shall appoint an alternate member for the member.
(5) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court may appoint a judge as a member of the National Electoral Committee only with the consent of the judge and after considering the opinion of the chief judge of the court.
(6) Operational and clerical support shall be provided to the National Electoral Committee by the Chancellery of the Riigikogu.
(7) The National Electoral Committee shall establish its working procedure.
(8) The National Electoral Committee shall be registered in the state register of state and local government authorities.
§ 15. Competence of National Electoral Committee
(1) The function of the National Electoral Committee is to ascertain the voting results and election results across the whole country, to ensure the uniformity of the conduct of Riigikogu elections, to instruct other electoral committees, to exercise supervision over their activities and to perform other functions arising from law.
1) to suspend or terminate the authority of a member of a voting district committee, the Electronic Voting Committee or a county electoral committee if he or she violates the Riigikogu Election Act, a regulation of the National Electoral Committee or instructions of a superior electoral committee;
7) to declare the voting results in a voting district, an electoral district, a county, Tallinn, the city of Tartu or the state invalid or to declare the electronic voting results invalid in full or partially and to hold a repeat vote if the violation significantly affected or could have significantly affected the voting results.
(3) The National Electoral Committee shall issue regulations in the cases prescribed in subsections (4) and (5) of this section. The Chairman shall sign the regulations of the National Electoral Committee. Regulations enter into force on the third day after publication in the Riigi Teataja.
(4) The National Electoral Committee shall establish, by a regulation, the following for the holding of elections and referendums:
1) the working procedure of the National Electoral Committee;
2) the procedure for the organisation of electronic voting and the ascertaining of the results of electronic voting;
3) the statutes of the electronic voting system;
4) the statutes of the election information system.
(5) The National Electoral Committee shall establish, by a regulation, the following for the holding of Riigikogu elections:
2) the standard format of applications for the registration of candidates, the standard format of the list of candidates in an electoral district, the standard format of the national lists of candidates and the standard format of applications to stand as a candidate;
3) the procedure for voting in foreign states;
(6) The National Electoral Committee shall adopt a resolution in order to resolve an individual issue within the competence of the National Electoral Committee. The resolution shall be signed by the Chairman of the Committee. The resolution shall enter into force upon signature thereof.
(7) Regulations, resolutions and instructions of the National Electoral Committee shall be binding on county electoral committees, the Electronic Voting Committee and voting district committees.
§ 16. Formation of county electoral committee
(1) A county electoral committee shall be comprised of up to thirteen members.
(2) A county secretary shall be the chairman of a county electoral committee. The county governor, on the proposal of the county secretary, shall appoint the members of the county electoral committee not later than on the tenth day before the authority of the committee terminates. The county governor, on the proposal of the county secretary, shall also appoint up to four alternate members who, during the term of authority of the committee and in the order specified by the county governor, shall replace the members of the committee whose authority is suspended or terminates.
(3) The corresponding city secretary shall be the chairman of the electoral committees of the cities of Tallinn and Tartu. The city council, on the proposal of the city secretary, shall appoint the members of the city electoral committee not later than on the tenth day before the authority of the committee terminates. The council shall also appoint up to four alternate members who, during the term of authority of the committee and in the order specified by the council, shall replace the members of the committee whose authority is suspended or terminates.
(4) The deputy chairman of a county electoral committee shall be elected by the committee from among its members.
(5) Operational and clerical support shall be provided to county electoral committees and the electoral committees of Tallinn and the city of Tartu by the county governments and the city governments of Tallinn and Tartu respectively.
§ 17. Competence of county electoral committee
1) suspend the authority of a member of a voting district committee if he or she violates the Riigikogu Election Act, a regulation of the National Electoral Committee or instructions of a superior electoral committee;
2) propose to the National Electoral Committee to terminate the authority of a member of a country electoral committee who has violated the Riigikogu Election Act, a regulation of the National Electoral Committee or instructions of a superior electoral committee;
§ 171. Formation of Electronic Voting Committee
(1) The Electronic Voting Committee shall be comprised of up to seven members.
(2) The National Electoral Committee shall appoint the members and the chairman of the Electronic Voting Committee not later than on the tenth day before the authority of the committee terminates.
(3) The National Electoral Committee shall appoint up to two alternate members of the Electronic Voting Committee.
(4) The deputy chairman of the Electronic Voting Committee shall be elected by the committee from among its members.
(5) Operational and clerical support shall be provided to the Electronic Voting Committee by the Chancellery of the Riigikogu.
§ 172. Competence of Electronic Voting Committee
(1) The function of the Electronic Voting Committee is to prepare and organise electronic voting, to resolve any cases hindering electronic voting pursuant to law, to verify the results of electronic voting and to perform other functions arising from this Act.
(2) The Electronic Voting Committee shall be entitled to make a proposal to the National Electoral Committee not to start electronic voting or to suspend or terminate electronic voting if the security or reliability of the electronic voting system cannot be ensured in such way that electronic voting could be conducted pursuant to the requirements of this Act.
§ 18. Formation of voting district committee
§ 19. Competence of voting district committee
The function of a voting district committee is to conduct voting, ascertain the voting results in the voting district and perform other functions arising from this Act.
§ 21. Voter’s card
(1) The chief processor of the population register shall organise the preparation of voter’s cards and their sending to voters not later than on the twentieth day before election day. A voter’s card shall not be sent to a voter if the information on his or her residence is entered in the population register on the initiative of a local government to the accuracy of the rural municipality or city, or in Tallinn to the accuracy of the city district.
(1) The chief processor of the population register shall organise the preparation and printing of the list of voters for each voting district on the basis of the information held in the population register and shall organise the delivery of the list of voters to the voting district committees not later than by the seventh day before election day. The electronic lists of voters shall be sent to the Electronic Voting Committee not later than by the thirteenth day before election day.
(2) The basis for the preparation of lists of voters shall be the information prescribed in subsection 20 (3) of this Act, as at the thirtieth day before election day. Upon preparation of a list of voters, any amendments made to the information specified in clauses 20 (3) 1)-5) of this Act after the thirtieth day before election day shall also be taken into account. Amendments made to the residential address details after the thirtieth day before election day shall not be taken into account.
(4) A voter shall be entered in the list of voters of the voting district in the territory of which his or her residence, as entered in the population register, is located on the thirtieth day before election day. If the information on the residence of a voter is entered in the population register to the accuracy of the rural municipality or city, or in Tallinn to the accuracy of the city district, the voter shall be entered in the list of voters of a voting district determined pursuant to clause 8 (2) 5) of this Act.
(7) The person who prepares a list of voters shall sign the list of voters not later than on the seventh day before election day and the chairman of the voting district committee shall sign the list of voters on election day after the close of voting. The chairman of the Electronic Voting Committee shall sign the list of voters who voted using electronic means after the close of voting.
(1) [RT I, 11.07.2014, 1 - entry into force 21.07.2014]
(2) In an application to stand as a candidate, a person shall:
(4) The National Electoral Committee shall publish the information provided for in clauses (2) 1), 3), 6), 7) and 8) on the website of the National Electoral Committee.
(5) Before nominating candidates, a political party or an independent candidate shall deposit an amount, the size of which is equal to the minimum salary rate as established by the Government of the Republic in the year when the elections are declared, for each person nominated, in the bank account of the National Electoral Committee as the security.
[RT I, 05.02.2014, 1 - entry into force 01.04.2014]
(3) If, within the term specified in subsection 31 (6) of this Act, a political party or an independent candidate fails to perform the acts required by the National Electoral Committee, the National Electoral Committee shall not register:
1) any of the candidates nominated by the political party if documents specified in clauses 30 (3) 1), 2), 3) or 4) of this Act are missing or if the documents contain errors or are not in conformity with the standard format;
(1) After the registration of candidates, the National Electoral Committee shall prepare a consolidated list of candidates in each electoral district.
(4) The National Electoral Committee shall inform the electoral committees, foreign missions organising voting in foreign states and masters of ships of all corrections and amendments to consolidated lists of candidates in electoral districts, and they shall make the corresponding corrections or amendments to the consolidated lists of candidates in the electoral districts. The consolidated lists of candidates shall not be amended after the thirteenth day before election day.
(1) On advance voting days (subsection 38 (2)), voters may vote outside the voting district of their residence in a voting district designated by the county electoral committee or rural municipality or city government.
(3) A county electoral committee, except the Harju County Electoral Committee and the Tartu County Electoral Committee, shall designate, not later than on the forty-fifth day before election day, at least one voting district located in a county town, where voters can vote outside the voting district of their residence on the days prescribed in clause 38 (2) 1) of this Act. In Tallinn and the city of Tartu, the city electoral committee shall designate this voting district. Each county electoral committee shall publish its resolution not later than in the week preceding the beginning of advance voting.
(1) If a voter who wishes to vote outside the voting district of his or her residence is unable to vote at a polling place located in a voting district due to his or her state of health or for another good reason, he or she may, until 2 p.m. on the last day of advance voting, submit a written application to vote at his or her location to the rural municipality or city government of his or her location or to a voting district committee prescribed in subsection 41 (2) of this Act. The voting district committee shall register the application. The rural municipality or city government shall register the application and forward the application to the appropriate voting district committee.
(2) Voting shall be organised by at least two members of the voting district committee pursuant to the provisions of subsections 39 (4)-(6) and subsections 42 (1), (2) and (4) of this Act.
(2) Voting in custodial institutions, hospitals and twenty-four hour social welfare institutions shall be held on the days prescribed in clause 38 (2) 2) of this Act.
(3) The administration of a custodial institution, hospital and twenty-four hour social welfare institution shall submit an application for voting to be held to the voting district committee prescribed in subsection 41 (2) of this Act.
(4) Voting shall be organised by at least two members of the voting district committee pursuant to the provisions of subsections 39 (4)–(6) and subsections 42 (1), (2) and (4) of this Act.
(5) Upon ascertaining of the voting results, the votes of voters who voted at advance voting in a custodial institution, hospital and twenty-four hour social welfare institution shall be taken into account pursuant to the provisions of § 48 of this Act.
(3) A voter may submit an application to vote at home also by phone to the voting district committee of his or her residence from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on election day. The voting district committee shall register the application.
(4) An application to vote at home shall include the following:
(5) If the voting district committee finds that the application is unsubstantiated, the committee shall notify the applicant of the circumstances for dismissal of the application.
(6) Home voting shall be organised by at least two members of the voting district committee. Such members are appointed based on the principle that they are not members of the same political party or they have not been presented to be members of a voting district committee on the proposal of the same political party. Home voting shall be organised pursuant to the provisions of subsections 39 (1), (2), (4), (5), (6) and (8) of this Act.
(7) A home voter shall sign the list of home voters against the receipt of a ballot paper.
(4) The voter shall complete the ballot paper pursuant to the provisions of subsections 39 (3)-(6) of this Act.
(6) Upon the ascertaining of the voting results, votes cast pursuant to the procedure prescribed in subsection (1) of this section shall be taken into account pursuant to the provisions of subsections 48 (1) and (2) and subsections 55 (2)-(6) of this Act.
(1) Electronic voting shall be held by the Electronic Voting Committee.
(2) The electronic voting system administered by the Electronic Voting Committee shall be used in electronic voting. The technical requirements for the electronic voting system, which are necessary for ensuring the compliance with the requirements provided for in subsections 1 (2)–(3) of this Act, shall be established by the National Electoral Committee in the regulation provided for in clause 15 (4) 2) of this Act.
(3) A voter shall vote himself or herself. Under the conditions prescribed in this Act, a voter may change his or her vote cast by electronic means.
(4) The Electronic Voting Committee shall organise the testing of the electronic voting system. The National Electoral Committee shall organise the auditing of the electronic voting system and the acts of the Electronic Voting Committee. The procedure for the testing and auditing, and the inspection of the acts of the electronic voting committee shall be established by the National Electoral Committee in the regulation provided for in clause 15 (4) 2) of this Act.
(1) The Electronic Voting Committee shall bring the electronic voting system to readiness and enter the list of voters and the consolidated lists of candidates in the electoral districts in the system not later than by the thirteenth day before election day.
(2) Any amendments to the lists of voters provided for in §§ 24 and 25 of this Act shall be entered on the days of electronic voting in the electronic list of voters at least once a day.
(3) Prior to the start of electronic voting, the Electronic Voting Committee shall create the encryption key for electronic votes and the vote-opening key. The vote-opening key shall be distributed among the members of the National Electoral Committee.
(1) A voter may vote using electronic means on the days prescribed in clause 38 (2) 3) of this Act using the system provided for in subsection 482 (2) of this Act.
(3) Following the identification of the voter pursuant to the procedure provided for in subsection (2) of this section, the consolidated list of candidates in the electoral district of the residence of the voter shall be displayed to the voter.
(4) The voter shall indicate the candidate in the electoral district of his or her residence for whom he or she wishes to vote. The application used for electronic voting shall encrypt the voter's vote using the votes encryption key. The voter shall confirm the vote by a digital signature in conformity with the Digital Signatures Act.
(2) The procedure for verification of electronic votes shall be established by the National Electoral Committee in the regulation provided for in clause 15 (4) 2) of this Act.
(2) After the close of electronic voting, the Electronic Voting Committee shall prepare a list of persons who voted using electronic means by voting districts and shall forward the list to the county electoral committees not later than on the second day before election day. A county electoral committee shall forward the list to voting district committees not later than on the day preceding the election day.
(4) If a voter has voted using electronic means as well as with a ballot paper, the ballot paper of the voter shall be taken into account. The voting district committee shall send to the Electronic Voting Committee an appropriate notice, based on which the Electronic Voting Committee shall not take into account the voter's vote cast using electronic means.
(5) If a voter has voted several times outside the voting district of his or her residence, and using electronic means, all envelopes with ballot papers of the voter as well as the vote cast using electronic means shall not be taken into account. The voting district committee shall send to the Electronic Voting Committee an appropriate notice, based on which the Electronic Voting Committee shall not take into account the voter's vote cast using electronic means.
§ 50. Submission of application to vote
(2) Ballot papers sent by post shall have been received by the foreign mission on the day determined by the foreign mission, which shall be determined such that the National Electoral Committee will receive the ballot papers not later than on the fourth day before election day.
(3) A foreign mission shall prepare a list of voters who voted by post and shall forward the list to the National Electoral Committee such that the National Electoral Committee will receive the list not later than on the fourth day before election day.
(4) The National Electoral Committee shall designate a county electoral committee for each electoral district which shall ascertain the voting results of voters permanently residing in a foreign state.
(7) Not later than on the day before election day, the National Electoral Committee shall forward the envelopes with the ballot papers of voters temporarily staying in a foreign state to the corresponding voting district committees where the ballots are to be taken into account when the voting results are being ascertain pursuant to the provisions of subsections 48 (4)-(7) of this Act.
(7) The voting district committee shall ascertain the number of ballot papers extracted from the ballot boxes, including the number of invalid ballot papers and the number of votes cast for candidates and political parties, and shall enter these numbers in a standard format record.
§ 58. Counting of votes cast in advance voting
(1) The county electoral committee designated in subsection 55 (4) of this Act shall begin counting the votes cast by voters permanently residing in a foreign state at 7 p.m. on election day. At least three members of the county electoral committee shall be present at the opening of the envelopes, including the chairman or deputy chairman of the committee.
(3) On the basis of the ballot papers, the county electoral committee shall ascertain the number of voters permanently residing in a foreign state who participated in the voting, the number of invalid ballot papers and the number of votes cast for candidates and political parties. Ballot papers shall be declared invalid pursuant to the provisions of subsections 57 (8) and (9) of this Act.
§ 60. Ascertaining of voting results in county electoral committees
(1) On the basis of the records received from the voting district committees, the county electoral committees shall ascertain the number of voters entered in the lists, the number of voters who were given a ballot paper, the number of ballot papers extracted from the ballot boxes, including the number of invalid ballot papers, and the number of votes cast for candidates and political parties, and shall enter these numbers in a standard format record. The result obtained shall be checked by recounting the ballot papers.
(3) A county electoral committee shall prepare a record concerning the voting results in the county, in each electoral district in Tallinn and in the city of Tartu which shall be signed by the chairman of the committee. The date and time of preparation of the record shall be indicated in the record.
1) the Electronic Voting Committee shall annul on the basis of a notice specified in subsections 487 (4) and (5) of this Act the electronic votes, which have been changed by the ballot papers when voting;
(4) The National Electoral Committee shall open the electronic votes using the vote-opening key provided for in subsection 483 (3) of this Act.
(1) On the basis of the records concerning the voting results of voters in counties and voters permanently residing in a foreign state which are received from the county electoral committees and on the basis of the voting results of voters who voted using electronic means, the National Electoral Committee shall, for each electoral district, verify the number of voters entered in the lists of voters, 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 and political parties.
(3) [Repealed - RT I 2006, 30, 231 - entry into force 14.07.2006]
(10) The National Electoral Committee shall prepare a record concerning the election results which shall be signed by the Chairman of the Committee. The date and time of preparation of the record shall be indicated in the record.
2) amendment of the division of voting districts (subsections 8 (3) and (4));
3) formation of voting district committees (§ 18);
Chapter 12 COMPLAINTS
§ 68. Definition of complaint
(3) If a complaint is not in conformity with the requirements prescribed in subsections (1) and (2) of this section or the complaint is filed in violation of the procedure prescribed in §§ 70 and 71 of this Act, the body with which the complaint is filed may refuse to review the complaint and may return it to the complainant.
§ 70. Procedure for filing complaint against act of voting district committee and for review of complaint
(6) If a country electoral committee satisfies the complaint, the committee may decide to perform the acts specified in subsection 17 (2) of this Act.
§ 71. Procedure for filing complaint against resolution or act of county electoral committee or act of Electronic Voting Committee and for review of complaint
(7) If the National Electoral Committee satisfies the complaint, the Committee may decide to perform the acts listed in subsection 15 (2) of this Act.
§ 72. Filing of complaint against resolution or act of National Electoral Committee
(1) If the National Electoral Committee or the Supreme Court has declared the voting results in a voting district, an electoral district, a county, the city of Tallinn or Tartu or the state invalid, the National Electoral Committee shall determine a new date for the election and a repeat vote shall be held in the corresponding voting district, electoral district or county or in Tallinn or the city of Tartu or in the whole state. The results of Riigikogu elections shall be ascertained after the results of the repeat vote become clear.
(2) No repeat vote shall be held if the National Electoral Committee has declared the results of electronic voting invalid and has invited the persons who voted using electronic means to vote on election day pursuant to the procedure provided for in § 39 or § 46 of this Act.
(1) Violation of the prohibition on taking ballot papers outside the polling place is punishable by a fine of up to 20 fine units.
(4) The National Electoral Committee shall establish the procedure for the preservation of the records of voting results and election results and other election documents by a regulation provided for in clause 15 (5) 5) of this Act.