General Right to Vote
Constitution
(1995)

• Article 50 states, "Those entitled to vote are Norwegian citizens, men and women, who, at the latest in the year when the election is held, have completed their 18th year..."

Exclusion Based on Intellectual Disability
Constitution
(1995)

• Article 50 states, "Those entitled to vote are Norwegian citizens, men and women, who, at the latest in the year when the election is held, have completed their 18th year... Rules may be laid down by law concerning the right to vote of persons, otherwise entitled to vote, who on Election Day are manifestly suffering from a seriously weakened mental state or a reduced level of consciousness."

Electoral Law
Representation of the People Act
(2002, last amended 2003)

• Section 9-5, subsection (5) states, “Where the polling committee find reasons to suppose that an elector is suffering from serious mental weakness or diminished mental faculties, the procedure shall be as described in subsection (4) above. In addition the polling committee shall write on the cover envelope the grounds for placing the vote aside, and state whether their decision is unanimous. The Electoral Committee decides whether the vote shall be approved.”

Voter Assistance
Electoral Law
Representation of the People Act
(2002, last amended 2003)

• Section 8-4, subsection (1) states, “Voting shall take place in a secluded room and be unobserved. The ballot paper shall be placed in a special envelope for ballot papers. Any electors who have such a need may themselves ask a returning officer to provide assistance in the process of voting. Electors themselves choose a helper among the persons who are present. The returning officer shall draw the helper’s attention to the fact that he or she is under a duty of secrecy.”
• Section 9-5, subsection (6) states, “Any electors who have such a need may themselves ask the polling committee to provide any necessary assistance in the process of voting. Electors themselves choose a helper among the persons who are present in the polling station, The polling committee shall draw the helper’s attention to the fact that he or she is under a duty of secrecy.”
• Section 9-6 states, “If an elector is not able to get into the polling station, the person in question may give his or her vote to two returning officers immediately outside the polling station.”

Off-Site Voting
Electoral Law
Representation of the People Act
(2002, last amended 2003)

• Section 8-1, subsection (1) states, “Electors who so wish may vote in advance inland from 10 August in the year of election and broad and on Svalbard and Jan Mayen from 1 July in the year of election.”
• Section 8-3, subsection (6) states, “Electors who are in the realm, with the exception of Svalbard and Jan Mayen, and who by reason of infirmity or disability are unable to cast their vote in pursuance of subsection (2) above, may on application to the Electoral Committee cast an advance vote in the place where they are...”

• Constitution - http://www.stortinget.no/en/In-English/About-the-Storting/The-Constitution/The-Constitution/
• Representation of the People Act - http://www.ub.uio.no/ujur/ulovdata/lov-20020628-057-eng.pdf