General Right to Vote
Constitution:
(5 June 1953)
• Section 29, subsection (1) states: "Any Danish subject whose permanent residence is in the Realm, and who has the age qualification for suffrage provided for in Subsection (2) shall have the right to vote at Parliament elections, provided that he has not been declared incapable of conducting his own affairs. It shall be laid down by Statute to what extent conviction and public assistance amounting to poor relief within the meaning of the law shall entail disfranchisement."

Exclusion Based on Mental Disability
Constitution:
(5 June 1953)
• Section 29, subsection (1) states: "Any Danish subject whose permanent residence is in the Realm, and who has the age qualification for suffrage provided for in Subsection (2) shall have the right to vote at Parliament elections, provided that he has not been declared incapable of conducting his own affairs. It shall be laid down by Statute to what extent conviction and public assistance amounting to poor relief within the meaning of the law shall entail disfranchisement."
Electoral Law:
(1987: Parliamentary Election Act)
• Section 1, subsection (1) states: "Franchise for the Folketing [Parliament] is held by every person of Danish nationality, who is above 18 years of age…unless such person has been declared legally incompetent."

Voter Assistance by Other Citizens
Electoral Law:
(1987: Parliamentary Election Act)
• Section 49, subsection (1) states: "Voters who, on account of disability, poor health or for similar reasons are unable to walk into a polling station or voting booth or in any other way are unable to vote in the prescribed way…may request the assistance needed to cast their vote…This may call for the necessary modifications of the prescribed procedure and may entail access to cast one's vote immediately outside the polling station."
• Section 49, subsection (2) states: "Assistance in vote casting is rendered by two polling supervisors or appointed electors. A blind or poorly sighted voter may request the assistance of a person appointed by the voter himself."
• Section 49, subsection (3) states: "Assistance to cross off the ballot paper may be rendered only when the voter is able to indicate direct and unambiguously to those rendering assistance the party or candidate for which he wants to vote."

Off-Site Voting Alternatives
Electoral Law:
(1987: Parliamentary Election Act)
• Section 54, subsection (1) states: "Voters who are hospitalized or inmates of the following institutions may cast their votes in advance in the institution: i) hospitals; ii) nursing homes…; iii) day care centers, institutions for adults suffering from severe physical or mental handicaps…"
• Section 54, subsection (3) states: "Voters who on account of illness or disability are unable to turn up at a polling station may vote in advance in their homes…Requests for advanced voting in the home must be submitted not later than twelve days prior to the election at 1800 hours. Such request must be submitted to the national registration office of the municipality where the applicant is staying."
• Section 55, subsection (1) states: "Advanced votes under section 54(1)(i)…shall be cast to two vote receivers who are on the staff of the local administration or the institution."
• Section 55, subsection (2) states: "Advanced votes under section 54(1)(ii) or (iii) and (3) shall be cast to two vote receivers chosen from among the appointed electors…"
• Under section 61, "Advanced Voting Procedure," subsection (4) states: "If the voter is unable to fill in the ballot paper or to fill in and sign the covering letter, the vote receiver shall provide the requisite assistance…If such assistance has been rendered, it must appear from the covering letter."
• Under section 61, "Advanced Voting Procedure," subsection (5) states: "Assistance in filling in the ballot paper may be rendered only when the voter is able to indicate direct and unambiguously to the person rendering assistance for which party or candidate the voter wants to vote."
• Section 62, subsection (1) states: "Vote receivers may not during the advance voting procedure advise a voter or suggest to him which party or candidate to vote for. They shall not to unauthorized persons state whether a voter has voted in advance or provide any other information about the voting of the voter."
• Section 62, subsection (2) states: "No unauthorized person shall check systematically whether voters cast their votes in advance."