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Law on General Elections in the Republic of Kosovo (2008)

Updated: June 2015

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Article 5.1 states:

A person is eligible to vote in an election in accordance with the present Law if he or she is at least eighteen (18) years of age on the day of the election…

 

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Article 5.2 states:

No person may vote if he or she: …c) has been declared mentally incompetent by a final court decision.

 

Article 61.5 states:

The mandate of the Chair or any member of the CEC may be terminated with resignation or terminated with immediate effect by the President of Kosovo in the following circumstances:… b) the members fails to attend without any reasonable motive three consecutive meetings of the CEC and the termination of the mandate is approved by 2/3 of the majority vote of the CEC;… e) The member is unable to perform his or her duties for more than six consecutive months.

 

Article 67.5 states:

No person may be appointed to serve as a member of a MEC, or may continue to serve once appointed, if he or she:…

(e) has been declared mentally incompetent by a final court decision…

 

Article 75.1 states:

In order to be appointed as a PSC member, a person must: …

(b) be able to read and write in a language officially used in that municipality.

 

Article 75.3 states:

A person is not eligible to be appointed as a PSC member if s/he is:…

(e) has been declared mentally incompetent by a final court decision…

 

Article 80.4 states:

Where, in the opinion of the Municipal Election Commission, a member of a polling station committee is, for whatever reason, unwilling or unable to perform his/her obligations, the MEC shall terminate the appointment of that member. The vacant position arising as result of such decision shall, so far as possible, be filled in accordance with the provisions of this Law.

 

Article 83.6 states:

PSs [Polling stations] shall be located in an accessible place to allow voters to form and stand in a queue and should, when possible, have level access so that disabled persons shall have unimpeded entry and exit. PSs shall have adequate lighting and protection from the elementary accidents.

 

Article 112.1 states:

Seats allocated in accordance with the present Law are held personally by the elected candidate and not by the Political Entity. A member’s mandate may not be altered or terminated before the expiry of the mandate except by reason of:…

(e) mental or physical incapacity as determined by final Court decision…

 

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Article 59.3 states:

In carrying out its mandate the CEC, shall, inter alia: …

(c) establish appropriate procedures and undertake activities to ensure that all persons with disabilities are able to exercise their right to vote and participate fully in electoral processes in Kosovo…

 

Article 83.6 states:

PSs shall be located in an accessible place to allow voters to form and stand in a queue and should, when possible, have level access so that disabled persons shall have unimpeded entry and exit. PSs shall have adequate lighting and protection from the elementary accidents.

 

Article 89.5 states:

A voter who is disabled in such a way so as it is not able to mark or cast the ballot and/or illiterate may be assisted to vote by another person chosen by the voter if they so request assistance. Such person shall only assist one voter and shall not be a member of the PSC or an accredited observer.

 

Article 99.1 states:

The CEC [Central Election Commission] shall establish special needs voting rules for a) homebound voters: eligible voters who cannot leave their home to vote in person at a regular PS [polling station] due to physical, medical, or any other kind of disability;

(b) voters confined to an institution: eligible voters who are hospitalized, elderly people in specially designated homes for the elderly, persons of diminished mental capacity in institutions of health care…

 

Article 100.1 states:

The MECs shall issue a written notice provided by CEC informing any eligible voter or group of voters whose request for SNV was denied the right to submit a complaint to the Court of First Instance by a date to be specified in the notice.

 

Article 107.3 states:

When conducting the voter education campaign, CECS shall pay particular attention to target the rural, the disabled and the illiterate voters.

 

Article 108.2 states:

Informational material produced by the CEC for use on television shall contain means for its simultaneous transmission to hearing impaired persons in the sign language appropriate to the needs of language groups serviced by the broadcaster.

 

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Article 61.5 states:

The mandate of the Chair or any member of the CEC may be terminated with resignation or terminated with immediate effect by the President of Kosovo in the following circumstances:…

(b) the members fails to attend without any reasonable motive three consecutive meetings of the CEC and the termination of the mandate is approved by 2/3 of the majority vote of the CEC;…

(e) The member is unable to perform his or her duties for more than six consecutive months.

 

Article 67.5 states:

No person may be appointed to serve as a member of a MEC, or may continue to serve once appointed, if he or she:…

(e) has been declared mentally incompetent by a final court decision…

 

Article 75.1 states:

In order to be appointed as a PSC member, a person must: …

(b) be able to read and write in a language officially used in that municipality.

 

Article 75.3 states:

A person is not eligible to be appointed as a PSC member if s/he is:…

(e) has been declared mentally incompetent by a final court decision…

 

Article 80.4 states:

Where, in the opinion of the Municipal Election Commission, a member of a polling station committee is, for whatever reason, unwilling or unable to perform his/her obligations, the MEC shall terminate the appointment of that member. The vacant position arising as result of such decision shall, so far as possible, be filled in accordance with the provisions of this Law.

 

Article 112.1 states:

Seats allocated in accordance with the present Law are held personally by the elected candidate and not by the Political Entity. A member’s mandate may not be altered or terminated before the expiry of the mandate except by reason of:…

(e) mental or physical incapacity as determined by final Court decision…

 

Excerpts from the Law on General Elections in the Republic of Kosovo (2008)