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Voting from Abroad: International IDEA Handbook:

“Discussions on remote e-voting started in Estonia in 2001 and one year later, the legal provisions for it were put in place. During summer 2003 the National Electoral Committee started the e-voting project. The system includes the use of smart cards and electronic signatures (see National Election Committee 2005). The first tests of the remote e-voting system were held in late 2004 and 2005 during local referendums and elections. In March 2007 Estonia held the world’s first national Internet election. A total of 30,275 citizens (3.4 per cent) used remote e-voting which was available to Estonian voters in Estonia as well as abroad (see National Election Committee, ‘E-voting Project’).”

Parliament Election Act (Riigikogu) (2002)

§ 53. Electronic voting in foreign states

(1) A voter who has been entered in the list of voters permanently residing in a foreign state or who is temporarily staying in a foreign state may vote on the webpage of the National Electoral Committee.

(2) Electronic voting shall be held at the time prescribed in subsection 38 (2)3) of this Act and pursuant to the procedure prescribed in § 44 of this Act.

[RT I 2006, 30, 231, entered into force 14. 07. 2006]