Slovakia

Act on Election of the President of the Slovak Republic (1999, last amended 2008)

Updated: June 2015

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Article 1, section 1, paragraph 2 states:

The right to elect the president of the Slovak Republic (hereinafter the “president”) shall be conferred to citizens of the Slovak Republic who will have completed 18 years of age as of the election day and who will be on the territory of the Slovak Republic on the election day2) (hereinafter the “qualified elector”).

 

Excerpt from Act on Election of the President of the Slovak Republic (1999, last amended 2008)

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Article 1, section 21 states:

…(5) A qualified elector who is unable to mark the ballot paper personally due to being disabled or due to being unable to read or write, shall be entitled to take another qualified elector to the polling booth designated for marking of ballot papers, however not a member of the Precinct Election Committee, so that such person can mark the ballot paper on his/her behalf and put it in the envelope.

(6) After leaving the polling booth designated for marking of ballot papers, a qualified elector shall put the envelope to a ballot box in front of the Precinct Election Committee. The Committee shall not allow voting of a qualified elector who did not enter the polling booth.

(7) A qualified elector who is unable to come to a polling station and who stays, at the time of the poll, in the municipality, where he/she has permanent residence or who has a poll card, shall be entitled to request the Precinct Election Committee for being enabled to cast his/her vote in a mobile ballot box. In such case, the Precinct Election Committee shall send at least two of its members with a mobile ballot box, ballot papers and an envelope to the qualified elector; these members of the Precinct Election Committee shall secure secrecy of the voting.

(8) Should a qualified elector not be able to put the envelop in a ballot box personally due to being disabled, another qualified elector may do so on his/her behalf upon his/her request and in his/her presence, however this cannot be a member of the Precinct Election Committee

 

Excerpt from Act on Election of the President of the Slovak Republic (1999, last amended 2008)

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Article 1, section 21 states:

…(5) A qualified elector who is unable to mark the ballot paper personally due to being disabled or due to being unable to read or write, shall be entitled to take another qualified elector to the polling booth designated for marking of ballot papers, however not a member of the Precinct Election Committee, so that such person can mark the ballot paper on his/her behalf and put it in the envelope.

(6) After leaving the polling booth designated for marking of ballot papers, a qualified elector shall put the envelope to a ballot box in front of the Precinct Election Committee. The Committee shall not allow voting of a qualified elector who did not enter the polling booth.

(7) A qualified elector who is unable to come to a polling station and who stays, at the time of the poll, in the municipality, where he/she has permanent residence or who has a poll card, shall be entitled to request the Precinct Election Committee for being enabled to cast his/her vote in a mobile ballot box. In such case, the Precinct Election Committee shall send at least two of its members with a mobile ballot box, ballot papers and an envelope to the qualified elector; these members of the Precinct Election Committee shall secure secrecy of the voting.

(8) Should a qualified elector not be able to put the envelop in a ballot box personally due to being disabled, another qualified elector may do so on his/her behalf upon his/her request and in his/her presence, however this cannot be a member of the Precinct Election Committee

 

Excerpt from Act on Election of the President of the Slovak Republic (1999, last amended 2008)