General Right to Vote
Constitution
(1992)
Article 30, section (3) states, "The right to vote is universal,
equal, and direct and is exercised by means of secret ballot. Conditions for
exercising the right to vote will be set out in a law."
Voter Assistance by Other
Citizens
Electoral Law:
(1999: Elections of the President)
Article 21, section (5) states: "Such a qualified voter who is not
able to mark the ballot due to physical handicap
shall have a right to
take another qualified voter to the area designed for marking the ballots, except
for a member of the precinct election commission, to mark the ballot for the
voter according to the voter's instructions and place it into the envelope."
Off-Site Voting Alternatives
Electoral Law:
(1999: Elections of the President)
Article 21, section (7) states: "Such a qualified voter who cannot
come to the poling station and is in the municipality of his/her permanent residence
on the election day, or has a voter card shall have a right to ask the precinct
election commission for voting into the mobile ballot box. In such a case the
precinct election commission shall send out no less than two of its members
with the mobile ballot box, an envelope and ballots to such a qualified voter;
these commission members shall provide for maintaining secrecy during the vote."
Poll Worker Manuals:
Handbook for Preparation of Elections to the National Council of the Slovak
Republic (1994)
Special precincts may be established in social care institutions, hospitals,
etc.
"If establishing special precincts [. . .] is not possible, the
mayor shall organize neighboring precincts in such a way that allows the voters
from the social care institutions and the remote parts to vote. If they cannot
vote in a polling station by reason of health, a portable polling box shall
be provided" p 3