Eligibility Exception:
mental illness, conviction for criminal offence
Right Vote Foreign Res:
Foreigners with 15 year residency have national voting rights
Registration Type:
Formal registration in office
Registration Basis:
Residence requirement
Election Management & Enforcement
Nameof EMB:
Corte Electoral
Independent EMB:
Yes
EMBNominations:
9 members selected by legislature
EMBTenure:
5 years
Nameof Elect Enforcement Body:
Corte Electoral
Candidacy & Campaign Rules
Opinion Polls Embargo:
Embargo for longer
Electoral System & Organisation
Elect System Main Election:
Majority
Main Election Type:
Presidential
Main Election Cycle:
5
Numb Round Main Election:
Two
Referenda_Law:
Constitution, art. 331, Transitional and special provisions
Referenda_Binding:
Always Binding
Voting Machine:
None
Vote IDRequired:
ID check compulsory
Polling Card:
Polling card sent but not compulsory
National Holiday Elect Day:
Never
Dayof Election:
Sunday
Districting Flexibility:
For elections to the Chamber of Representatives each Department forms one constituency. For presidential elections and elections to the Senate the whole country forms one constituency.
Polling Station
Listof Polling Station Buildings:
schools, public buildings
Accessibility Requirement:
Party to UNCRPD
Ballot Box Transparency:
Fully opaque
Box Feeding System:
Voter
Vote Receipt:
No receipt
Count Locallyor Centrally:
locally
Manualor Automatic Count:
manual
Ballot Paper
Ballot Type:
Paper
Singleor Multi Paper Ballot:
Multiple
Ballot Paper Type Description:
Multi-ballot
Ballot Photos:
Freely Allowed
Ballot Logos:
Freely Allowed
Orderof Candidatesor Parties:
Non Applicable
Remote Voting
Temporal Remote Voting:
No
Geographical Remote Voting:
No
Personal Remote Voting:
No
Mobile Polling Stations:
No
Special Needs
Provision Illiterate Voters:
Colour coded choices in referenum
Provision Blind Voters:
Law on Elections (1999). Article 95 states: The notoriously blind and physically unable to walk without help can be helped to the secret room by persons of their confidence.
Provision Deaf Voters:
Law on Elections (1999). Article 95 states: The notoriously blind and physically unable to walk without help can be helped to the secret room by persons of their confidence.
Provision Motor Handicap Voters:
Law on Elections (1999). Article 95 states: The notoriously blind and physically unable to walk without help can be helped to the secret room by persons of their confidence.