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Law on the Integration of Persons with Disabilities (2012)

Updated: September 2015

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Chapter 9, Article 58 states:

The Electoral Council shall ensure that the equipment and election materials are appropriate, accessible, and easy to understand and use by persons with disabilities.

 

Chapter 9, Article 59 states:

At public elections, persons with disabilities vote by secret ballot and without intimidation. However, to vote, some persons with disabilities may, at their request, be assisted by a person of their choice. The electoral staff assigned to register candidates, polling centers and polling stations shall allow the assistant of the person with a disability to support the latter in the fulfillment of all formalities and acts that they cannot achieve alone.

 

Excerpt from the Law on the Integration of Persons with Disabilities (2012)

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Chapter 9, Article 59 states:

...The electoral staff assigned to register candidates, polling centers and polling stations shall allow the assistant of the person with a disability to support the latter in the fulfillment of all formalities and acts that they cannot achieve alone.

 

Excerpt from the Law on the Integration of Persons with Disabilities (2012)