§ 4. Right to vote and stand as candidate. (1) Estonian citizens who have attained 18 years of age by election day shall have the right to vote. (2) A citizen of the European Union who is not an Estonian national (hereinafter citizen of the European Union) shall have the right to vote if: 1) he or she has attained 18 years of age by election day; 2) his or her permanent residence is in Estonia, i.e. the address details of his or her residence have been entered in the Estonian population register (hereinafter population register); 3) he or she has not been deprived of the right to vote in his or her home Member State. (3) A person shall not have the right to vote if: 1) he or she is divested of the active legal capacity with regard to the right to vote; 2) he or she has been convicted of a crime by a court and is serving sentence in a penal institution. (4) Estonian citizens who have attained 21 years of age by election day shall have the right to stand as candidates. (5) A citizen of the European Union shall have the right to stand as a candidate if: 1) he or she has attained at least 21 years of age by election day; 2) his or her permanent residence is in Estonia, i.e. the address details of his or her residence have been entered in the population register; 3) he or she has not been deprived of the right to stand as a candidate in his or her home Member State. (6) The following persons shall not stand as candidates for the European Parliament: 1) a person who has been divested of his or her active legal capacity with regard to the right to vote; 2) a person who has been convicted of a crime by a court and is serving sentence in a penal institution; 3) a person in active service in the Defence Forces. (7) A person may vote or stand as a candidate only in one Member State of the European Union in the same elections to the European Parliament.
Article 39 - Right to vote and to stand as a candidate at elections to the European Parliament