Exercising the right to vote by bedridden patients and voters who are otherwise incapacitated voting with voting cards

(1) In order to facilitate the casting of a vote by voters voting by a voting card issued to them on demand according to § 38, para 2, the municipal elections authorities and in Vienna the Vienna City Administration have to set up, not later than on the twenty-first day before election day, special elections authorities which visit these voters during the settled time of voting. The presence of election witnesses and of a maximum of two accredited persons referred to in § 20a, para 3, is permissible. The regulations set out in § 52 and § 54 have to be applied accordingly.

(2) When voting in the presence of the special elections authorities the regulations set out in § 72, paras 3 and 4, are to be applied accordingly. The acceptance of votes that are cast by other persons present during the casting of votes by voters voting with voting card who are bedridden or otherwise incapacitated is permissible.

(3) The examination of the ballot papers by the special elections authorities is only concerned with the remarks set out in § 84, para 2. The ballot paper envelopes of the voters voting with voting cards, according to § 38, para 2 from other regional constituencies are to be counted separately and to be presented to the elections authorities acting according to para 4 separately. Concerning the record of the special elections authorities, § 85, para 2, items a) to i), para 3, items a) to d) and g), as well as para 4 are to be applied accordingly. 

 (4) In the interest of maintaining the secrecy of the vote, the municipal elections authorities and in Vienna the Vienna City Administration have to select the elections officials who are to find out the election results recorded by the special elections authorities. These elections officials have to then add the sealed envelopes taken from the bedridden patients or the voters who are otherwise incapacitated from the respective regional constituency to their own election results so that these cannot be differentiated. 
The ballot paper envelopes from bedridden patients and voters who are otherwise incapacitated from other regional constituencies have to be treated according to the regulations set out in § 84, para 3, and § 85, para 3, item h). The ballot papers and records of the special elections authorities have to be presented to the respective elections authorities determining the election results and form part of their election files.