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Section 14
 

Exercise of the Right to Vote
(1) Only persons who are listed in an electoral register or have a polling card may vote.
(2) Anyone listed in an electoral register may only vote in the polling district where he or she is on the electoral register.
(3) Anyone possessing a polling card may vote in the constituency in which the polling card was issued
a) by casting his or her vote in any polling district of this constituency, or
b) by postal ballot.
(4) Each person eligible to vote may vote only once and must do so personally. It is not permitted for the right to vote to be exercised by a proxy instead of the person eligible to vote.
(5) Persons eligible to vote who are illiterate or prevented by a disability from casting their vote may may seek the assistance of another person for that purpose. Such support is limited to practical assistance in communicating an electoral decision which has been taken and expressed by the person eligible to vote. Such assistance is inadmissible in cases where an abusive influence is exercised while the assistance is rendered, where it replaces or alters the self-determined development of opinion or decision taken by the person eligible to vote or where there is a conflict of interest for the person rendering assistance.