Summary
Voters should be able to access polling stations.
Obligations
Election Parts
Quotes
- [States should foster citizen participation in the electoral process by] guaranteeing that all possible means are used to make all polling stations accessible.
- The location of polling stations should be, as far as possible, equally convenient and accessible to voters in terms of geographical conditions and existing transportation facilities.
- The legal framework must address a myriad of issues to ensure a genuine opportunity to exercise the right to vote on the basis of equal and universal suffrage. These issues concern conditions outside the polling sites, as well as inside it, before, during and after voting takes place. The provisions must ensure, among other things, that: ...Access is provided to polling sites on a equal basis for all voters, including women, minorities, younger and older voters and persons with physical challenges and disabilities.
- In order [to] exercise the right to vote, electors will need to have access to polling stations. The authorities have a responsibility to facilitate the freedom of movement of voters to polling stations.
- Voting procedures must be readily understandable by citizens; ii. voters should always have the possibility of voting in a polling station. Other means of voting are acceptable under the following conditions: iii. postal voting should be allowed only where the postal service is safe and reliable; the right to vote using postal votes may be confined to people who are in hospital or imprisoned or to persons with reduced mobility or to electors residing abroad; fraud and intimidation must not be possible.