(1) Voters who on account of disability, poor health or for similar reasons are unable to walk into a polling station or voting booth or in any other way are unable to vote in the prescribed way, see section 48, may request the assistance needed to cast their vote, but see subsection (4). Assistance in voting may be provided in the form of personal assistance, see subsection (2), and aids to be provided during the voting process, see subsection (5). This may call for the necessary modifications of the prescribed procedure and may entail access to cast one’s vote immediately outside the polling station.

(2) Personal assistance in voting is rendered by two polling supervisors or appointed electors. Instead of one of the supervisors or appointed electors the voter can demand assistance in voting by a person of his/her own choice. If so expressly and unambiguously demanded by the voter to a polling supervisor or an appointed elector, and if the voter’s demand is justified by an immediately identifiable or demonstrable physical or mental impairment, the personal assistance may be rendered only by a person appointed by the voter him- or herself.

(3) A candidate standing for a party in the multimember constituency may not render personal assistance in voting as polling supervisor or appointed elector.

(4) Personal assistance to cross off the ballot paper may be rendered only when the voter is able to indicate direct and unambiguously to the person(s) rendering assistance the party or candidate for which he wants to vote.

(5) The Minister of Social Affairs and the Interior may lay down rules for aids to be provided during the voting process.