Jersey

Public Elections (Jersey) Law (2002, last amended 2014)

Updated: June 2015

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Article 2 states:

(1) A person is entitled to vote in an election of a Connétable, Centenier, or Procureur du Bien Public, of a parish if the name of the person is on the electoral register for an electoral district within the parish...

(2) A person is entitled to vote in an election of one or more Deputies of an electoral district if the name of the person is on the electoral register for the electoral district, being the register in force for the election.

(3) A person is entitled to vote in an election of a Senator if the name of the person is on the electoral register for any electoral district...

 

Article 5, paragraph 1 states:

A person is entitled on a particular day to have his or her name included on the electoral register for an electoral district if on that day –

(a) the person is at least 16 years old;

(b) the person is ordinarily resident in that district…

 

Excerpts from the Public Elections (Jersey) Law (2002, last amended 2014)

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Article 17, paragraph 3 states:

Where a person appointed as Autorisé is unable to discharge the duties of that  office,  the  Royal  Court  may  appoint  another  person  in  his  or  her place.

 

Article 35 states:

(1) In the case of a person entitled to vote who is ill, disabled or illiterate, the Autorisé or an Adjoint may take such measures as he or she considers appropriate for taking his or her vote on the day the poll is open, provided secrecy in voting is maintained.

(2) Those measures may include a visit to the person for the purpose of delivering a ballot paper to the person, attending whilst the person records his or her vote on it, and bringing the ballot paper back to the polling station and placing it in the ballot box.

 

Article 42, paragraph 11 states:

In the case of a person entitled to vote who is ill, disabled or illiterate, the Judicial  Greffier  shall  take  such  measures  as  he  or  she  considers appropriate  for  taking  the  person’s  pre-poll  vote  before  the  time mentioned in paragraph (1), provided secrecy in voting is maintained.

 

Excerpts from the Public Elections (Jersey) Law (2002, last amended 2014)

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Article 17, paragraph 3 states:

Where a person appointed as Autorisé is unable to discharge the duties of that  office,  the  Royal  Court  may  appoint  another  person  in  his  or  her place.

 

Excerpt from the Public Elections (Jersey) Law (2002, last amended 2014)

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Article 35 states:

(1) In the case of a person entitled to vote who is ill, disabled or illiterate, the Autorisé or an Adjoint may take such measures as he or she considers appropriate for taking his or her vote on the day the poll is open, provided secrecy in voting is maintained.

(2) Those measures may include a visit to the person for the purpose of delivering a ballot paper to the person, attending whilst the person records his or her vote on it, and bringing the ballot paper back to the polling station and placing it in the ballot box.

 

Article 42, paragraph 11 states:

In the case of a person entitled to vote who is ill, disabled or illiterate, the Judicial  Greffier  shall  take  such  measures  as  he  or  she  considers appropriate  for  taking  the  person’s  pre-poll  vote  before  the  time mentioned in paragraph (1), provided secrecy in voting is maintained.

 

Excerpts from the Public Elections (Jersey) Law (2002, last amended 2014)