Netherlands

Elections Act (1989, last amended 2009)

Updated: June 2015

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Section B1, subsection 1 states:

Members of the House of Representatives of the States General shall be elected by persons who are Dutch nationals on nomination day and have attained the age of eighteen years on polling day…

 

Section B2, subsection 1 states:

Members of the provincial councils shall be elected by persons who are residents of the province on nomination day, provided they are Dutch nationals and have attained the age of eighteen years on polling day.

 

Section B3, subsection 1 states:

Members of municipal councils shall be elected by persons who are residents of the municipality on nomination day and who have attained the age of eighteen years on polling day.

 

Section Y3 states:

Members of the European Parliament shall be elected by:

  • (a) persons who are Dutch nationals on nomination day, have attained the age of eighteen years on polling day and have not been disqualified from voting…

 

Excerpts from the Elections Act (1989, last amended 2009)

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Section J4, subsection 2 states:

The municipal executive shall ensure that at least 25% of the municipality’s polling stations are situated and equipped in such a way that voters with physical disabilities can cast their vote without assistance as far as possible.

 

Section J28 states:

If the electoral committee observes that a voter requires help because of his physical condition, it shall allow him to avail himself of assistance.

 

Section L1 states:

A voter who does not expect to be able to vote in person may vote by proxy…

 

Section W2, subsection 1 states:

For the purposes of section W 1, no account shall be taken of a candidate:…

  • (b) who has been granted temporary termination of membership in connection with pregnancy, childbirth or illness…

 

Section X10 states:

The presiding officer of a representative assembly shall, at the member’s request, grant temporary termination of membership to a member of the assembly, if the member is unable because of illness to perform the duties of membership and it appears probable from a medical certificate that he will be unable to resume the duties of membership within eight weeks. The termination of membership shall commence on the day after the decision on the request is made known. The request referred to in the first sentence shall not be granted if it is made within a period of sixteen weeks before the end of a term of office as referred to in Chapter C.

 

Section Y3 states:

Members of the European Parliament shall be elected by:

  • (a) persons who …have not been disqualified from voting…

 

Excerpts from the Elections Act (1989, last amended 2009)

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Section J4, subsection 2 states:

The municipal executive shall ensure that at least 25% of the municipality’s polling stations are situated and equipped in such a way that voters with physical disabilities can cast their vote without assistance as far as possible.

 

Section J28 states:

If the electoral committee observes that a voter requires help because of his physical condition, it shall allow him to avail himself of assistance.

 

Section L1 states:

A voter who does not expect to be able to vote in person may vote by proxy…

 

Excerpts from the Elections Act (1989, last amended 2009)

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Section W2, subsection 1 states:

For the purposes of section W 1, no account shall be taken of a candidate:… (b) who has been granted temporary termination of membership in connection with pregnancy, childbirth or illness…

 

Section X10 states:

The presiding officer of a representative assembly shall, at the member’s request, grant temporary termination of membership to a member of the assembly, if the member is unable because of illness to perform the duties of membership and it appears probable from a medical certificate that he will be unable to resume the duties of membership within eight weeks. The termination of membership shall commence on the day after the decision on the request is made known. The request referred to in the first sentence shall not be granted if it is made within a period of sixteen weeks before the end of a term of office as referred to in Chapter C.

 

Section Y3 states:

Members of the European Parliament shall be elected by:

  • (a) persons who …have not been disqualified from voting…

 

Excerpts from the Elections Act (1989, last amended 2009)