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Article 57
 

Voting by Disabled Persons

(1) A voter who is unable to read or who is prevented from marking the ballot paper, put-ting it in the envelope, putting the envelope in the ballot box or handing it over to the Electoral Officer due to a physical disablement shall designate another person of whose assistance the voter wishes to avail himself or herself and intimate this to the Electoral Board. The helper may also be a member of the Electoral Board designated by the voter.

(2) The assistance rendered must be limited to the fulfillment of the voter's wishes. The helper may go to the polling booth together with the voter if the nature of the assistance to be rendered so demands.

(3) The helper is bound not to disclose any knowledge obtained while rendering another person assistance in casting his or her vote.