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Honduras
General Right to
Vote
Electoral Law:
(19 May 1991)
Article 10 states: "Persons who may not exercise suffrage
are those who: (a) are deprived of their political rights by firm ruling
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Voter Assistance
by Other Citizens
Electoral Law:
(19 May 1991)
Article 175 states: "Blind persons, persons who are disabled
in both hands and persons who are unable to vote alone, shall vote publicly
before the presiding officers; at the voters' request and according to
their will."
Poll Worker Manuals:
Instructions about the Organization of Voter Receiving Tables and Election
Practices: Produced by the National Election Tribune (1985)
If a voter is blind or otherwise unable to vote independently,
the voter will vote publicly in front of the voting officials. The voter
will indicate his choice to the President of the polling station who will
then mark the voter's choice, show the ballot to the other officials,
and then help the voter place the ballot in the ballot box. P 21
Voter Assistance
using Adaptive Techniques
Poll Worker Manuals:
Instructions about the Organization of Voter Receiving Tables and Election
Practices: Produced by the National Election Tribune (1985)
Blind people, people with disabilities, pregnant women and the
elderly receive precedence in the voting line p 11
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