Marshall Islands

Table of Contents:

• General Right to Vote
• Assistive Tools and Policies

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Section 105, subsection (1) states:

In accordance with Article IV, Section 3(1) and (2) of the Constitution of the Marshall Islands, all citizens of the Republic who have attained the age of eighteen (18) years…have the right and the duty to vote in elections of members of the Nitijela.

 

Excerpt from the Marshall Islands Elections and Referenda Act (1980, last amended 2006)

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Section 161 states:

(1) A registered voter who:


• (a) is prevented by illness or physical disability from attending a polling place in order to vote in an election…may apply for a postal ballot paper…

(2) An application for a postal ballot paper shall be postmarked or made to reach the Chief Electoral Officer…

• (b) not later than:
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(i) five (5) days before the election… if the applicant is prevented by illness or physical disability from attending a polling place in order to vote in an election and will be within the Republic on the day of the election…

 

Section 167 states:

The regulations may prescribe special procedures to enable voters who are:

• (a) inpatients at a hospital, or members of the staff of a hospital…

 

Section 174 states:

A voter who is blind or otherwise, by reason of some physical disability, unable to mark his ballot paper without assistance, or is unable to read or write, may have the assistance of a person chosen by him in marking his ballot paper.

 

Excerpts from the Marshall Islands Elections and Referenda Act (1980, last amended 2006)