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"Voters with special needs, including the disabled, the elderly, students, conscripts, workers (including migrant workers out of the country), foreign service personnel and prisoners who have retained voting rights, should be accommodated."
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UN (Center for Human Rights): Human Rights and Elections: A Handbook on the Legal, Technical, and Human Rights Aspects of Elections, para. 110Download Document
Human Rights and Elections: A Handbook on the Legal, Technical, and Human Rights Aspects of Elections
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- Accommodation to vote should be made for voters with special needs, including persons with disabilities.
- With respect to candidates for office, there should be no restrictions on candidacy based on any form of disability.
- Accommodation to vote should be made for voters with special needs, including the elderly.
- Accommodation to vote should be made for voters with special needs, including students.
- Accommodation to vote should be made for voters with special needs, including workers (and migrant workers out of country).
- Accommodation to vote should be made for voters with special needs, including conscripts.
- Accommodation to vote should be made for voters with special needs, including foreign-service personnel.
- Accommodation to vote should be made for voters with special needs, including prisoners who have voting rights.