Czech Republic

Act of Law 247/1995 Coll., on Elections to the Parliament of the Czech Republic (1995, last amended 2006)

Updated: June 2015

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Article 1, section 7 states:

Any citizen of the Czech Republic (hereinafter only the “citizen”) at least 18 years old on the second day of the elections at the latest is classified as a voter. In the second round of the elections to the Senate every citizen at least 18 years old on the second day of that round may vote.

 

Excerpt from the Act of Law 247/1995 Coll., on elections to the Parliament of the Czech Republic (1995, last amended 2006)

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Article 2 states:

The exercise of the right to vote is limited by a) statutory restriction of personal freedom due to public health protection, b) legal disqualification.

 

Article 19 states:

(4) If a voter fails to establish his/her identity and citizenship of the Czech Republic, he/she shall not be permitted to vote. …

(6) No other personnel, including the members of the district election commission or special district election commission, may enter the section designated for the completion of ballot tickets with any voter. This provision does not apply to voters unable to complete their ballot tickets themselves due to disability or illiteracy. Such voters may be accompanied by another voter, excluding the members of the district election commission and special district election commission, who will complete their ballot ticket in accordance with their instructions and place it in an official envelope.

(7) Any voter may ask his/her local authority and – during the elections – also the relevant district election commission to be allowed to vote outside the polling station, at a place located in the area falling within the district election commission’s territorial competence, due to serious, above all health-related, reasons. In such a case, the district election commission concerned shall send two of its members equipped with a mobile ballot box, an official envelope and ballot tickets to the place chosen by the voter…

 

Excerpts from the Act of Law 247/1995 Coll., on elections to the Parliament of the Czech Republic (1995, last amended 2006)

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Article 6, section 1 states:

Special lists shall be administered by local authorities, municipal authorities, metropolitan authorities, authorities of municipal districts or municipal sections of territorially subdivided statutory towns and municipal authorities of the City of Prague (hereinafter only “municipal  authorities”)  for  all  voters  not  having  permanent  address within  their  administration  territory  or  unable  to  vote  in  the election districts in whose permanent lists they are registered, and…b) staying in a hospital, maternity home, sanatorium, social care institution or similar institution or facility located within the territory of a municipality, a district of the City of Prague or a municipal section of a territorially subdivided statutory town,…

 

Article 19 states:

(4) If a voter fails to establish his/her identity and citizenship of the Czech Republic, he/she shall not be permitted to vote. …

(6) No other personnel, including the members of the district election commission or special district election commission, may enter the section designated for the completion of ballot tickets with any voter. This provision does not apply to voters unable to complete their ballot tickets themselves due to disability or illiteracy. Such voters may be accompanied by another voter, excluding the members of the district election commission and special district election commission, who will complete their ballot ticket in accordance with their instructions and place it in an official envelope.

(7) Any voter may ask his/her local authority and – during the elections – also the relevant district election commission to be allowed to vote outside the polling station, at a place located in the area falling within the district election commission’s territorial competence, due to serious, above all health-related, reasons. In such a case, the district election commission concerned shall send two of its members equipped with a mobile ballot box, an official envelope and ballot tickets to the place chosen by the voter…

 

Article 19a, section 2 states:

After leaving the section designated for the completion of ballot tickets, each voter shall place the envelope containing his/her ballot ticket into a ballot box before the district election commission or special district election commission. If a voter is unable to place the envelope containing his/her ballot ticket into a ballot box, he/she may ask any other voter, except for the members of the district election commission and special district election commission, to do so on his/her behalf.

 

Excerpts from the Act of Law 247/1995 Coll., on elections to the Parliament of the Czech Republic (1995, last amended 2006)