(1) Voters who cannot read or are prevented from voting by a physical handicap or due to any other reason may use the assistance of a person of their choice or, for lack of such assistants, the joint assistance of two members of the polling station commission.

(2) In polling districts under section 167 (5), visually impaired voters may use braille voting templates to facilitate voting. The polling station commission shall place the ballot paper of the voter in the voting template before handing it over to the voter. After voting, the voter shall remove the ballot paper from the template, he may put it in an envelope, and he shall drop it in the ballot box, and hand back the voting template to the polling station commission.