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Czech
Republic
General Right to
Vote
Electoral Law:
(27 September 1995)
Under Article 6, "Register of Persons unable to Vote Locally,"
"Municipalities should list voters whose place of permanent residence
is outside their jurisdiction and who
(c) are staying in the local
hospital, maternity home, sanitarium, residential-home, rest home, or
any other facility or establishment of a similar character operating and
located in the respective local area
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Exclusion Based
on Disability
Electoral Law:
(27 September 1995)
Article 2 section (A) states "Citizens shall be prevented
from exercising his/her right to vote if
(a) his/her personal liberty
is restricted by law on the grounds of public health.1" The footnote
attached reads: "Article 5, Paragraph 2, Letter (b), and Article
9, Paragraph 4, Letter (a) of Act No. 20/1966 Sb.; on the Protection of
the Public Health, in the reading of the Act of the Czech National Council
No. 548/1991 Sb."
Voter Assistance
by Other Citizens
Electoral Law:
(27 September 1995)
Article 19, section (6) states: "A voter who is incapable
of marking the ballot by his/her own forces because of a bodily handicap,
or because he/she is not able to read or write shall have the right to
be accompanied to a voting booth by another voter who will mark and insert
the ballot into the Formal Envelope for him/her. Such service shall not
be rendered by any member of the ward election board."
Off-Site Voting
Alternatives
Electoral Law:
(27 September 1995)
Article 19, section (7) states: "For material, and especially
health-related reasons, a voter shall have the right to ask the Local
Authorities, and on the day of the elections, the ward elections board,
for permission to vote outside the polling station. In such a case, the
ward election board shall send to the voter who of its members with a
portable ballot-box, a Formal Envelope, and ballots. During voting, the
board officials shall ensure that the principles of a secret ballot be
observed."
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