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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…"

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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