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
"
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."