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A
Albania
AlgeriaElection Observer in Ghana watches the polls
American Samoa
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan

B
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus

Belgium
Election observer and sign language interpreter in Nicaragua oversee the vote count
Belize
Benin
Bermuda
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
British Virgin Islands
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi


C
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Cayman Islands
Voter being assisted up stairs at polling station in Zambia
Central African Republic
Chad

Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros
Congo (Brazzaville)
Congo (Kinshasa)
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Cyprus, Northern
Czech Republic

D
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Voter in the Ukraine assisted down stairs at polling station
E
Ecuador

Egypt
El Salvador

Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia

F
Fiji
Finland
France

G
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Deaf election observer in Ghana watches the polls
Gibraltar
Greece
Greenland
Grenada
Guam
Guatemala
Guinea

Guinea-Bissau
Guyana

H
Haiti
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary

I
Iceland
India
Election observer in Lviv, Ukraine
Indonesia

Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Ivory Coast

J
Jamaica
Japan

Jersey
Jordan

K
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea (North)
Korea (South)
Kosovo
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
An elderly voter being helped into her wheelchair outside the Feria Internacional in San Salvador.   The Feria Internacional is a vast fairground that accommodated tens of thousands of voters.  The entire site was wheelchair accessible.

L

Laos

Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Liechtenstein

Lithuania
Luxembourg

M
Macao
Macedonia

Madagascar

Malawi
Malaysia

Maldives
Mali
Lucy Wong-Hernandez, David Cruz and Senator Floyd Morris of Jamaica at the ACEEO founding General Assembly
Malta

Marshall Islands

Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia

Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro

Montserrat
Morocco
Mozambique

N
Namibia
Nauru

Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Blind voter demonstrates new independent voting system in Carson City, Nevada. Photo by Associated Press
Nigeria

Norfolk Islands

Northern Mariana Islands
Norway

O
Oman

P

Pakistan
Palestinian Territories
Panama
Papua New Guinea

Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico

Q
Election observer Maria Nelly Novoa Bellota in Peru
Qatar


R

Romania
Russia
Rwanda

S

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
A blind voter reading the Braille ballot folder prepared by El Salvador's Tribunal Supremo Electoral, and available for use at every polling station in El Salvador.
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden

Switzerland
Syria

T
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Citizens with disabilities attend forum on Zambian Election
Tanzania

Thailand

Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Turks and Caicos
Tuvalua

U
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
US Virgin Islands

Uzbekistan

V
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Vietnam

Y
Yemen


Z
Zambia
Zimbabwe

 
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