Egypt

Law No. 73 Regulating the Exercise of Political Rights (1956, last amended 2013)

Updated: June 2015

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Article 1 states:

Every male and female Egyptian reaching eighteen years of age shall personally exercise the following political rights:

First: Express their views in all referendums prescribed in the Constitution.

Second: Elect each of:

  • (1) The President of the Republic;
  • (2) Members of the House of Representatives;
  • (3) Members of the Shura Council;
  • (4) Members of the Municipal Councils

 

Excerpt from Law No. 73 on Regulating the Exercise of Political Rights (1956, last amended 2013)

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Article 3 states:

The exercise of political rights is suspended with regard to the persons mentioned hereinafter....

  • (2) Persons affected by mental illness and placed under custody, during their period of custody.

 

Article 24 states:

…In  the  case  of  House  of  Representatives  or  Shura  Council  elections,  each individual candidate and list representative shall have the right to deploy an agent, registered in the voters’ register at the General Committee’s register, to represent him in the polling centre or the general committee. If half an hour  after  scheduled  time  for  polling  passed  with  the  number  of  agents being  less  than  2,  the  head  of  the  station  shall  complete  the  number  of agents from among the literate present registered candidates…

 

Article 25 states:

If one of the committee members or its secretary is absent temporarily, the committee’s head shall appoint at alternate from among the attending voters who can read and write.

 

Article 29 states:

…Blind and other voters with a disability who cannot record their views on the election or referendum ballot papers without assistance may express their choice verbally in a manner such that only the committee members can hear. The secretary of the polling station committee shall record the voter’s choice on his ballot-paper, and the head of the polling station committee shall sign it and record next to the voter’s name on the voter list that the voter expressed his choice according to this procedure. These voters may also delegate a person to attend voting with them before the polling station committee, to write their electoral or referendum choice on the ballot papers they receive from the head of the committee. This delegation shall be recorded in the minutes.

 

Excerpts from Law No. 73 on Regulating the Exercise of Political Rights (1956, last amended 2013)

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Article 29 states:

…Blind and other voters with a disability who cannot record their views on the election or referendum ballot papers without assistance may express their choice verbally in a manner such that only the committee members can hear. The secretary of the polling station committee shall record the voter’s choice on his ballot-paper, and the head of the polling station committee shall sign it and record next to the voter’s name on the voter list that the voter expressed his choice according to this procedure. These voters may also delegate a person to attend voting with them before the polling station committee, to write their electoral or referendum choice on the ballot papers they receive from the head of the committee. This delegation shall be recorded in the minutes.

 

Excerpt from Law No. 73 on Regulating the Exercise of Political Rights (1956, last amended 2013)

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Article 24 states:

…In  the  case  of  House  of  Representatives  or  Shura  Council  elections,  each individual candidate and list representative shall have the right to deploy an agent, registered in the voters’ register at the General Committee’s register, to represent him in the polling centre or the general committee. If half an hour  after  scheduled  time  for  polling  passed  with  the  number  of  agents being  less  than  2,  the  head  of  the  station  shall  complete  the  number  of agents from among the literate present registered candidates…

 

Article 25 states:

If one of the committee members or its secretary is absent temporarily, the committee’s head shall appoint at alternate from among the attending voters who can read and write.

 

Excerpts from Law No. 73 on Regulating the Exercise of Political Rights (1956, last amended 2013)