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In many countries special voting arrangements are made for voters in prisons, detention centres, hospitals or facilities for the elderly and/or for homebound voters. There might be arrangements for voting in advance, like in Iceland and Finland, or for voting on election day. In any case, strict safeguards should be applied if mobile ballot boxes are used. Whilst advance voting in Northern European democracies is usually conducted by at least two election officers, the Finnish Election Act, for instance, provides that in some cases the presence of one election officer is sufficient and that only one election official conducts each individual at-home vote. Particularly in countries with deep political divides, however, the attendance of several polling officials, preferably from different political groupings, is highly recommended for mobile voting. In some countries, mobile voting bears a high risk of fraud and its organisation has been rated rather poorly.