1. An eligible voter has the right to vote if he/she either is civilly registered in Kosovo or
successfully applied for out of Kosovo voting as set out in Articles 6 and 7 of this Law.
2. No person shall prevent or attempt to prevent an eligible voter from exercising his/her right
to vote.
3. No person shall be allowed to vote on behalf of another voter, except in accordance with
provisions of paragraph 5 of this Article.
4. Each voter must mark his/her ballot in secret behind a voting screen. Only one person shall
be allowed behind the voting screen at any time unless the voter has requested the assistance
from another person as set out in paragraph 5 of this Article.
5. A voter who is disabled in such a way so as it is not able to mark or cast the ballot, may be
assisted to vote by another person chosen by the voter, provided that at the person assisting is
a voter at the same polling station as the voter. Such person shall only assist one voter and shall
not be a member of the PSC or an accredited observer, exceptionally, for close family members.
For this type of vote, the CEC will set the criteria with the electoral rule.
6. The chairperson of the polling station committee is obliged to record in the poll book, the
cases of assisted voting, including the concrete reasons and to record the personal data of the
voter and the personal data of the person who helped.
7. The person consenting to assist the voter shall print and signs his/her name on the appropriate
List of Voters or Conditional Ballot Envelope, next to the name or other space provided by the
assisted voter and the reason for conditional voting.
8. Members of the PSC may in no way influence the decision of the voter.
9. Members of the Polling Station Committee and/or Polling Station staff shall explain the voting
procedure only if so requested by the elector.
10. Members of the PSC shall take special care to ensure that the elector is not disturbed by
anyone while marking out his ballot paper, and that the secrecy of voting is completely ensured.
