Indicator: Were there any illiterate voters?
Indicator: Did the polling and counting committee help illiterate voters?
14. Regarding the voting process, it was noticed that there were several
illiterate voters during the first and run-off rounds of the parliamentary and
municipal elections. In such cases, the center’s organizers, after issuing the
ballot paper for the illiterate voter, direct him/her to the chairman of the
polling and counting center, who then recites the names of the candidates
together with showing their pictures so that the voter can choose freely
and secretly from among the candidates. However, an observer of the
NIHR’s monitoring team noticed that one of the center’s organizers helped
an illiterate voter in making his choice. Although this was only one
individual case, it violated the requirements of the relevant rules and
provisions.
Indicator: Is there a special path for people with disabilities to cast their
votes?
15. Regarding people with disabilities and wheelchair bound elderly, the
NIHR’s monitoring team noticed that the polling and counting center
organizers assisted them and facilitated their voting from the moment they
entered the center until leaving it. There was a path designated for people
with disabilities and wheelchairs in the centers that the NIHR monitored.
Although all polling centers were technically prepared and equipped for
their participation, the NIHR monitored news on social media to the effect
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