(1) Voters who on account of disability, poor health or similar are unable to walk into a polling station or voting booth or in any other way are unable to vote in the prescribed way, cf. section 54, may request the assistance needed to cast their vote, cf. however subsection (4).

Assistance in voting may be provided through personal assistance, cf. subsection (2), and through the use of aids to be provided during the voting process, cf. 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 declared by the voter to a polling supervisor or an appointed elector, and if the voter’s declaration is justified by an immediately identifiable or demonstrable physical or mental impairment, the personal assistance may be rendered by a person appointed by the voter him- or herself. (3) A candidate standing for election to the local or regional council may not render personal assistance in voting as polling supervisor or appointed elector.

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

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