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Article 87
 

Aid for persons with physical disability


1. Electors who cannot read or are unable for reasons of physical disability to pick up the ballot form or put it in the envelope and hand it in person to the presiding officer, may avail themselves of the assistance of a companion of their own choice.


2. Notwithstanding the preceding subsection, the Government, on receipt of a report by the Central Electoral Commission, shall make provision for a voting procedure for blind persons or persons with a visual disability enabling them to exercise their right to vote, with full guarantee of the secrecy of vote. Said procedure shall be applied in any case for elections to the Congress of Deputies and the Senate, for elections to the European parliament and to referenda.



 SECT. 87 AS AMENDED BY SECT. 3 OF INSTITUTIONAL ACT 9/2007, OF OCTOBER 8
 2. AS AMENDED BY SECT. 31 OF INSTITUTIONAL ACT 2/2011, OF JANUARY 28