Almost 36,000 signatures were added to the Estonian Green Party's petition to change the Family Law to allow same-sex by the closing date on Sunday. The petition will now be considered by the Riigikogu.
The petition, launched on the Citizen Initiative Portal rahvaalgatus.ee, was signed by 35,805 people by the midnight deadline.
Within the first few days of the petition (Petitsioon perekonnaseaduse muutmiseks) launching at the end of October it had gathered more than 30,000 signatures making it the most signed petition in the portal's history.
If a petition is signed by more than 1,000 people it is then forwarded to the Riigikogu for discussion after checking it complies with the law.