Palestine

Table of Contents:

• Exclusion or Potential Exclusion Based on Disability
• Assistive Tools and Policies
• Candidacy or Holding Office

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Article 7 states:

The right to vote shall be practiced according to provisions of this law, for who shall fulfill the following conditions...

• (4) He/she shall not be legally incompetent.

 

Article 40, paragraph 1 states:

If the voter is illiterate or disabled in a manner that would prevent him/her from marking the ballot paper by him/herself, he/she can ask the help of a second degree relative to mark for him the name of the list he dictates.

 

Article 59 states:

Vacant chairperson position:

(1) The chairman post shall be deemed vacant in the following cases: -

• (a) Illegibility or incapacity to do duties according to absolute writ…
• (c) If two thirds of the local council’s members cast a vote of no-confidence in the chairperson

(2) The deputy chairperson shall be invested powers of the chairperson until the election of a new council chairperson…

 

Article 60 states:

(1) The member's post shall be deemed vacant in the following cases: -

• (b) Illegibility or incapacity to do duties according to absolute writ.

(2) The council shall announce vacancy of member post and inform the minister of local government

(3) The vacant post shall be filled by the member who came directly after last winner of the same list of whom the member whose post has become vacant belonged to.

(4)  If no member followed the last winner on the same list then a move is made to the other person who ranked behind the last candidate who received a seat upon the calculation of the results based on “Saint-Laguë” method.

 

Excerpts from the Local Council Elections Law No. 10 of 2005

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Article 28 states:

In election campaigns, the following shall be taken into consideration: -…

• (d)  Speeches, pamphlets, adverts or photos shall not include any instigation or infamy of other candidates based on gender or religion or sect or profession or disability, and shall not incite sectarianism affecting the nation unity…

 

Article 40 states:

(1) If the voter is illiterate or disabled in a manner that would prevent him/her from marking the ballot paper by him/herself, he/she can ask the help of a second degree relative to mark for him the name of the list that he dictates.

(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of this law, the Central Elections Commission may set forth legal regulations it deems appropriate to ensure non-manipulation of illiterate or disabled voters to commit a violation of the provisions of this law.

 

Excerpts from the Local Council Elections Law No. 10 of 2005

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Article 59 states:

Vacant chairperson position:

• (1) The chairman post shall be deemed vacant in the following cases: -
  • (a) Illegibility or incapacity to do duties according to absolute writ…
  • (c) If two thirds of the local council’s members cast a vote of no-confidence in the chairperson

2.) The deputy chairperson shall be invested powers of the chairperson until the election of a new council chairperson…

 

Article 60 states:

(1) The member's post shall be deemed vacant in the following cases: -

• (b.) Illegibility or incapacity to do duties according to absolute writ.

(2) The council shall announce vacancy of member post and inform the minister of local government

(3) The vacant post shall be filled by the member who came directly after last winner of the same list of whom the member whose post has become vacant belonged to.

(4)  If no member followed the last winner on the same list then a move is made to the other person who ranked behind the last candidate who received a seat upon the calculation of the results based on “Saint-Laguë” method.

 

Excerpts from the Local Council Elections Law No. 10 of 2005