nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/3172e3db0ada190b DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 250425s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/3172e3db0ada190b doi eng 342 23 Maruste, Rait Author aut Narrowing the Estonian Electorate - Excluding Russian Citizens from Local Elections Amid Security Concerns Maruste, Rait Verfassungsblog 2025-04-25 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On 26 March 2025, the Parliament of the Republic of Estonia amended the composition of the electorate for local government elections. Prior to this amendment, the Constitution had granted voting rights in local elections to all permanent residents of a municipality. A significant portion of these voters were citizens of the Russian Federation or Belarus, or stateless persons originating from these states. The decision to revise the electorate was driven by the Russian Federation’s war of aggression in Ukraine, and increasing influence operations in both Estonia and Europe more broadly. CC BY-SA 4.0 Electorate Estland Estonia Local elections Riigikogu Russian citizens (DE-588)4015587-0 gnd Estland Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/narrowing-the-estonian-electorate/ raw object