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Belgium

General Right to Vote
Constitution
(Consolidated 1994, last amended 2007)

  • Article 61 "Direct Elections, Electoral Rights" section (1) states: "The members of the House of Representatives are elected directly by citizens who are at least eighteen years of age and who do not fall within the categories of exclusion stipulated by law. Each elector has the right to only one vote."

Voter Assistance
Electoral Code
(2007)

  • Article 143 states, “The elector who cannot, due to physical disability, go into the polling booth by himself or express his vote may, with the authorization of the president, be accompanied by a guide or person of assistance.”

Off-Site Voting
Electoral Code
(2007)

  • Article 147bis states, “Can mandate another elector to vote in his name...1) An elector who, due to his sickness or handicap, is incapable of coming to the polling place or to be transported there. This incapacity must be attested by a medical certificate. Doctors who are running as candidates for election may not provide the medical certificate.”

 


 
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