Namibia

Section 20, subsection 1 states:

…the registration officer shall register, subject to the other provisions of this Part, the applicant in respect of the election for which he or she has so applied for registration as provided in section 16(1), by--…

• (b) requiring the applicant—
  • (i) to sign the form so completed in the space provided for that purpose; or
  • (ii) if the applicant cannot write his or her name, to place his or her finger print or, as the case may be, a mark placed by the applicant on the application form in accordance with the provisions of section 16(2)(d)(ii), on the registration form in the space provided for that purpose or in accordance with the instructions of the registration officer concerned…

Section 84, subsection 1 states:

A presiding officer or polling officer shall not assist or instruct a voter in the manner of voting at a polling station unless (a) a voter who is incapacitated by blindness or other physical disability from voting in a manner prescribed by the other provisions of this Part, requests in person the presiding officer or polling officer, to so assist him or her in the manner directed by him or her to record his or her vote, but without interfering with the exercising of his or her franchise…

Section 84, subsection 2 states:

The presiding officer, on the request in person of any voter who is incapacitated by blindness or other physical cause from voting in the manner prescribed by the other provisions of this Part, who has not requested to have his or her vote recorded by the presiding officer in terms of subsection (1) and who is accompanied by any other person, shall, if he or she is satisfied that such person is any family relative or friend of such voter and has reached the age of 18 years, permit such voter to vote with the assistance of the person accompanying him or her, and upon such permission being granted anything which is by the provisions of this Part required to be done or by the said voter in connection with the recording of his or her vote may be done to or with the assistance of the person so accompanying him or her.

Excerpts from the Electoral Act (2003)