Section 1 states:
1) Franchise for the local council and the regional council is held by every person who, on election day, is above 18 years of age, permanently resident in the municipality or region, respectively, and who also-
(3) Any person who has been deprived of his or her legal capacity under a guardianship order…of the Danish Guardianship Act shall not be entitled to vote.
Section 1, subsection 3 states:
Any person who has been deprived of his or her legal capacity under a guardianship order…of the Danish Guardianship Act shall not be entitled to vote.
Section 55 states:
(1) Voters who on account of disability, poor health or similar are unable to walk into a polling station or voting booth or in any other way are unable to vote in the prescribed way, cf. section 54, may request the assistance needed to cast their vote, cf. however subsection (4). 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.
(2) Assistance in voting is rendered by two polling supervisors or appointed electors. Instead of one of the supervisors or appointed electors the voter can demand assistance in voting by a person of his/her own choice.
(3) A candidate standing for election to the local or regional council may not render assistance in voting as polling supervisor or appointed elector.
(4) Assistance to cross off a ballot paper may be rendered only when the voter is able to indicate direct and unambiguously to those rendering assistance the list of candidates or candidate for which he or she wants to vote.
Section 60, subsection 4 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 advance voting in the home must be submitted not later than on the Thursday at 1800 hours twelve days prior to election day…
Section 67 states:
Voters who wish to cast their vote in advance must duly prove their identity to the vote receiver. The advance voting material will hence be issued, cf. section 66…
(4) If the voter is unable to fill in the ballot paper or to fill in and sign the covering letter, or if the voter requests other assistance with the advance voting process, the vote receiver(s) shall provide the requisite assistance, cf. however subsection (6). In addition to the vote receiver, or, in case of participation by more than one vote receiver, instead of one of these, the voter can demand assistance in voting by a person of his/her own choice. If such assistance has been rendered, it must appear from the covering letter.
(5) A candidate standing for election to the local or regional council may not render assistance in voting as a vote receiver.
(6) Assistance in filling in the ballot paper may be rendered only where the voter is able to indicate direct and unambiguously to the person providing the assistance for which list of candidates or candidate the voter wants to vote.
Section 108a states:
(1) A request for issuing a certificate of eligibility in respect of a Danish citizen wishing to stand as a candidate in local and regional elections in another member state of the European Union must be submitted to the Minister for Economic Affairs and the Interior.
(2) A certificate eligibility cannot be issued in respect of a Danish citizen having been deprived of his or her legal capacity under a guardianship order, cf. section 6 of the Guardianship Act.
(3) A certificate of eligibility can be issued in respect of a Danish citizen who has not been deprived of his or her legal capacity under a guardianship order, cf. section 6 of the Guardianship Act, with the content that the Minister for Economic Affairs and the Interior has no knowledge that he or she should have been deprived of his or her eligibility for local and regional councils in Denmark. If, in the current election period, the Eligibility Board has decided that the relevant person is not eligible for local or regional councils, cf. section 4, the certificate of non-eligibility shall carry a note to this effect as well as the limitation date for the relevant criminal offence implying a forfeiture of eligibility for local and regional councils, cf. section 4(2).
Section 55 states:
(1) Voters who on account of disability, poor health or similar are unable to walk into a polling station or voting booth or in any other way are unable to vote in the prescribed way, cf. section 54, may request the assistance needed to cast their vote, cf. however subsection (4). 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.
(2) Assistance in voting is rendered by two polling supervisors or appointed electors. Instead of one of the supervisors or appointed electors the voter can demand assistance in voting by a person of his/her own choice.
(3) A candidate standing for election to the local or regional council may not render assistance in voting as polling supervisor or appointed elector.
(4) Assistance to cross off a ballot paper may be rendered only when the voter is able to indicate direct and unambiguously to those rendering assistance the list of candidates or candidate for which he or she wants to vote.
Section 60 states:
1. Voters who are hospitalised may cast their votes in advance in the hospital.
2. Voters who reside or stay in the following types of housing or accommodation facilities may cast their votes in advance in the housing or accommodation facilities, etc.:
4. Voters who on account of illness or disability are unable to turn up at a polling station may vote in advance in their homes…
Section 67 states:
Voters who wish to cast their vote in advance must duly prove their identity to the vote receiver. The advance voting material will hence be issued, cf. section 66…
(4) If the voter is unable to fill in the ballot paper or to fill in and sign the covering letter, or if the voter requests other assistance with the advance voting process, the vote receiver(s) shall provide the requisite assistance, cf. however subsection (6). In addition to the vote receiver, or, in case of participation by more than one vote receiver, instead of one of these, the voter can demand assistance in voting by a person of his/her own choice. If such assistance has been rendered, it must appear from the covering letter.
(5) A candidate standing for election to the local or regional council may not render assistance in voting as a vote receiver.
(6) Assistance in filling in the ballot paper may be rendered only where the voter is able to indicate direct and unambiguously to the person providing the assistance for which list of candidates or candidate the voter wants to vote.
Section 108a states:
(1) A request for issuing a certificate of eligibility in respect of a Danish citizen wishing to stand as a candidate in local and regional elections in another member state of the European Union must be submitted to the Minister for Economic Affairs and the Interior.
(2) A certificate eligibility cannot be issued in respect of a Danish citizen having been deprived of his or her legal capacity under a guardianship order, cf. section 6 of the Guardianship Act.
(3) A certificate of eligibility can be issued in respect of a Danish citizen who has not been deprived of his or her legal capacity under a guardianship order, cf. section 6 of the Guardianship Act, with the content that the Minister for Economic Affairs and the Interior has no knowledge that he or she should have been deprived of his or her eligibility for local and regional councils in Denmark. If, in the current election period, the Eligibility Board has decided that the relevant person is not eligible for local or regional councils, cf. section 4, the certificate of non-eligibility shall carry a note to this effect as well as the limitation date for the relevant criminal offence implying a forfeiture of eligibility for local and regional councils, cf. section 4(2).