Mauritius

First Schedule, section 1, subsection 3 states:

Every vote cast by an elector at any election shall be given by means of a ballot which, except in  so  far  as  may  be  otherwise  prescribed  in  relation  to  the  casting  of  votes  by  electors  who  are incapacitated by blindness or other physical cause or unable to read or understand any symbols on the ballot paper, shall be taken so as not to disclose how any vote is cast; and no vote cast by any elector at any general election shall be counted unless he cast valid votes for 3 candidates in the constituency in which he is registered or, in the case of an elector registered in Rodrigues, for 2 candidates in that constituency.

Excerpt from the Constitution of the Republic of Mauritius (1968, last amended 2000)

Regulation 31 states:

(1)  Before delivering a ballot paper the presiding officer may and shall, if requested by a candidate or polling agent, put to the person applying therefor the following questions-

• (a)  Are you the person registered in the register of electors for this constituency as follows (the whole entry from the register to be read)?
• (b)  Have you already voted at this election either here or elsewhere? and may require such person to furnish an impression of his thumb or, if he is incapacitated by physical cause from impressing his thumb print, of such other finger as may be available for the purpose.

(2) If any person does not answer satisfactorily any question put to him or refuses to furnish an impression of his thumb or finger, as in this regulation provided, or if the presiding officer is satisfied that the person offering himself to vote is not the same person whose name is on the register of electors or that such person has already voted at the election, the presiding officer may refuse to give him a ballot paper…

Regulation 37, paragraph 1 states:

If any elector is incapacitated by blindness or other physical cause from voting in the manner laid down in these regulations or declares that he is unable to read or understand the symbols, the poll clerk shall, at the request of the elector, and on being so ordered by the presiding officer, and in his presence and that of another election officer, mark the vote of such elector on a ballot paper in the manner directed by such elector, and the ballot paper so marked shall be placed in the ballot box; and the name and number on the register of electors of every elector whose vote is so marked for him, and the reason why it is so marked, shall be entered on a list to be called the 'list of votes marked by the presiding officer.'

Regulation 42 states:

(1) A person shall not be entitled to have more than one proxy at a time appointed to vote for him at any election, nor shall a person be entitled to vote in person at any election where that person’s application for a proxy paper has been allowed.

(2) A person shall not be capable of being appointed to vote, or of voting, as proxy at any election unless he is a Commonwealth Citizen over eighteen years of age, and not subject to any legal incapacity to vote thereat as an elector, and a person shall not be entitled to vote as proxy at the same election on behalf of more than two electors.

(3) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this regulation, any person shall be capable of being appointed proxy to vote at an election and may vote in pursuance of the appointment, and these regulations shall apply to such person as if that person were an elector or voter, and any reference in these regulations to an elector or voter shall be construed as being a reference to such person…

Regulation 43 states:

(l) Before delivering a ballot paper to a proxy, the presiding officer may, and shall, if requested by a candidate or a polling agent, put to the person applying therefor the following question—

• (a) Are you the person whose name appears as A.B. on your proxy paperand on the list of proxies for this election as entitled to vote as proxy on behalf of C.D. (the whole entry from the register of electors to be read)?
• (b)  Have you already voted here or elsewhere at this election as proxy on behalf of C.D.? and may require such person to furnish an impression of his thumb or, if such person is incapacitated by physical cause from impressing his thumb print, of such other finger as may be available for the purpose.

(2)  If  any  person  does not  answer satisfactorily  any question  put to  him,  or  refuses  to furnish an impression of his thumb or finger, as in this regulation provided, or if the presiding officer is satisfied that the person offering himself to vote is not the same person whose name is on the proxy paper and on the list of proxies as entitled to vote as proxy on behalf of the elector, or  that  such  person  has  already  voted  at  the  election  as  proxy  on  behalf  of  the  elector,  the presiding officer may refuse to give him a ballot paper…

Excerpts from the National Assembly Elections Regulation (1968)

Section 70, subsection 2 states:

The appropriate Chief Executive shall ensure that--…

(b) there is no unlawful discrimination against officers in the administration of the local authority on the ground of sex, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, race, caste, opinion, physical or intellectual impairment, age or any other ground and that there is no other form of unjustifiable discrimination exercised against officers.

Excerpt from the Local Government Act (2011)