Narrowing the Estonian Electorate - Excluding Russian Citizens from Local Elections Amid Security Concerns Maruste, Rait Author aut Text xx# 2025 Verfassungsblog 2025-04-25 eng
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 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 Maruste, Rait Electorate Estland Estonia Local elections Riigikogu Russian citizens Estland 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/narrowing-the-estonian-electorate/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.59704/3172e3db0ada190b 250425 10.59704/3172e3db0ada190b Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)