Montenegro

Population Statistics

647,073

Total Population

97,061

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

02 November 2009

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Law on Election of Councillors and Representatives (1998, last amended 2011)

Updated: June 2015

Article 84 states:

(1) An elector who cannot cast his vote in person (blind person, person with disability or illiterate person) shall be entitled to bring another person with him/her who shall, on behalf of this person, and according to his/her instructions, mark the ballot, that is perform the voting procedure.

(2) The voting referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall not be performed either by a member of the Polling Board or an authorised representative of the submitter of the list of candidates...

 

Article 85 states:

(1) An elector who cannot vote at the polling station (handicapped persons or persons prevented from voting) and wishes to vote shall inform the Polling Board about that. The Polling Board shall, by its two representatives for absentee ballot procedure who may not be from the same political party or coalition, enable such an elector to cast his/her vote, in a manner ensuring directness and secrecy of vote.

(2) After being informed of the elector’s inability to come to the polling station to cast a vote, the Polling Board shall, through one of the representatives in charge of home bound voting, deliver to the elector in an official envelope the stamped ballot paper, general list of candidates, and a special envelope for placing the marked ballot paper…

 

Excerpts from the Law on Election of Councillors and Representatives (1998, last amended 2011)