Gambia (The)

Elections Decree No. 78 (1996)

Updated: June 2015

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Section 13 states:

No person shall be entitled to have his name entered or retained on a register of voters if he is:…

  • (c) a person adjudged to be of unsound mind or detained as a criminal lunatic under any law…

 

Section 17, subsection 3 states:
Where a claimant is incapacitated from affixing his signature or thumbprint on a form of claim, the election officer conducting the registration shall note such circumstances in the register of voters.

 

Section 60, subsection 3 states:

If any polling agent dies or becomes incapable of acting as such the candidate may appoint another polling agent in his place, and shall forthwith give to the Returning Officer notice in writing of the name and address of the polling agent so appointed.

 

Section 66, subsection 10 states:
Where a voter is incapacitated by blindness or other physical cause from recording his vote without assistance, the Presiding Officer or other election officer may accompany such voter into the screened compartment to assist him to record his vote.

 

Section 74, subsection 4 states:

If a counting agent dies or becomes incapable of acting as such, the candidate concerned may appoint another counting agent in his place, and shall immediately give to the Returning Officer notice in writing of the name and address of the counting agent so appointed.

 

Section 113, subsection 5 states:

The provisions of this section [regarding voting secrecy] shall not be construed to extend to any procedure prescribed for recording the vote of any voter who is incapacitated by blindness or other physical cause.

 

Excerpts from the Elections Decree No. 78 (1996)

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Section 17, subsection 3 states:

Where a claimant is incapacitated from affixing his signature or thumbprint on a form of claim, the election officer conducting the registration shall note such circumstances in the register of voters.

 

Section 66, subsection 10 states:
Where a voter is incapacitated by blindness or other physical cause from recording his vote without assistance, the Presiding Officer or other election officer may accompany such voter into the screened compartment to assist him to record his vote.

 

Excerpts from the Elections Decree No. 78 (1996)

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Section 60, subsection 3 states:

If any polling agent dies or becomes incapable of acting as such the candidate may appoint another polling agent in his place, and shall forthwith give to the Returning Officer notice in writing of the name and address of the polling agent so appointed.

 

Section 74, subsection 4 states:

If a counting agent dies or becomes incapable of acting as such, the candidate concerned may appoint another counting agent in his place, and shall immediately give to the Returning Officer notice in writing of the name and address of the counting agent so appointed.

 

Excerpts from the Elections Decree No. 78 (1996)