Total Population
Population with a disability
according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimateRatified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Article 24, paragraph 1 states:
On the basis of a written submission which is filed by a voter, a person authorised by him/her or his/her trustee and which is registered in a special journal, the polling station commission shall conduct voting by secret ballot at the place where the voter is located (off-site) for the following voters:
(1) for voters unable to come to the polling station for health reasons, as well as for their caretakers;
(2) for caretakers of the ill.
Article 25 states:
If a physical handicap prevents a voter from voting or signing the voters’ list, a member of his/her family or some other trustworthy person shall make marks in the ballot paper in the voter’s presence according to his/her instructions. A special entry to this effect shall be made in the list of voters. A member of the relevant election commission may not act as such a trustworthy person.
Article 33 states:
If the voter, due to a physical disability, cannot vote him/herself, then in presence of the voter and in conformity with the voter's oral specifications, marks shall be made on the election ballot by the voter's family member or any other person that the voter trusts.