Botswana

Section 54 states:

The voting at an election shall be conducted in the following manner--…

• (g) on the application in person of any voter who is incapacitated by blindness or other physical cause from voting, the presiding officer, in the presence of the person with whose assistance the voter came to cast his vote, shall cause the vote of the voter to be marked on a ballot paper in the manner directed by the voter, and the ballot paper to be placed in the ballot box.

Section 55 states:

Except as provided in this Act, the presiding officer or polling officers shall not give any assistance or explanation to a voter beyond—

• (a) directing him to a polling booth where he may vote; and
• (b) informing him of the procedure he should follow after entering the polling booth.

Section 59 states:

A vote may not be recorded by a voter except by his attending in person at the polling station and recording his vote in accordance with this Act.

Excerpts from the Electoral Act (1968, last amended 2004)