1. Electors affected by evident illness or physical handicap, confirmed by the electoral office as unable to carry out the actions described in article 96, will vote accompanied by another elector chosen by him/her, who guarantees the fidelity of his/her vote and is bound to keep absolute confidentiality.

2. Should the electoral office decide that it is not evident that the elector is affected by illness or physical handicap, it will ask the elector to submit, during the act of voting, a certificate proving the impossibility of carrying out the actions mentioned in the previous number, issued by a doctor empowered as sanitary authority in the municipality and certified with the stamp of the respective service.

3. For the purposes of the previous number, health centers must remain open on election day, during the functioning period of the polling stations.

4. Without prejudice to the decision of the electoral office concerning the admissibility to vote, any of the respective members or delegates of the political parties or coalitions may file an official protest.