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Article B 6
 

• 1. Eligible persons who are lawfully deprived of their liberty on polling day exercise their right to vote by voting by proxy.


• 2. This restriction does not apply:


o a. To those who enjoy such de facto freedom of movement on polling day that they can participate in the vote in person;


o b. To those who are entitled to periodic leave under the regime of the institution in which they reside.


• 3. Further rules regarding voting by proxy by the persons referred to in the first paragraph may be established by general administrative order.