Chương 6 Luật Bầu cử Đại biểu Quốc hội 1997: Trình tự bầu cử

Chapter VI

ELECTORAL ORDER

Section 1. ELECTION DAY

Article 54.- The voting to elect National Assembly deputies shall take place on the same day throughout the country.

The election day must be a Sunday to be fixed by the National Assembly Standing Committee and announced not later than ninety days before the election day.

Article 55.-

Article 56.- Within ten days before the election day, the Election Team shall have to regularly notify the voters of the election day, the polling station and time through forms of posting, broadcasting and other information means available in the locality.

Section 2. VOTING PROCEDURE

Article 57.- The voting shall begin from seven am to seven p.m. Depending on the situation of each locality, the Election Team may decide to start the voting earlier but not before five am or to end later but not after ten p.m.

Prior to the voting, the Election Team must check the ballot box to the witness of voters.

Article 58.- Each voter shall have the right to cast only one ballot.

Voters shall cast their ballots by themselves, not be allowed to vote by mail, except for cases prescribed in Article 59 of this Law.

Article 59.-

Any voter who is unable to write his/her ballot may ask another person to do that for him/her but must cast the ballot by himself/herself; the person who helps in writing the ballot must keep secret the voter’s ballot; if, due to his/her disability, the voter is unable to cast ballot by himself/herself, he/she can ask another person to cast the ballot into the ballot box.

In cases where a voter is ill, old or disabled, being unable to go to the polling station, the Election Team shall bring an auxiliary ballot box and the ballot to his/her residence so that he/she can receive the ballot and cast it.

Article 60.- When a voter is writing a ballot, nobody, even persons of the Election Team, is allowed to come and see him/her; if the voter makes a writing error, he/she may ask the Election Team to change the ballot.

Article 61.- Everyone must abide by the rules of the polling station; is not allowed to campaign for the election at the polling station.

Article 62.- When the voting time is over but there are still voters at the polling station waiting to cast their ballots, only after these voters have cast their ballots, can the Election Team declare to close the voting.

Article 63.- On the election day, the voting must be continuous. If it is disrupted by an unexpected incident, the Election Team shall immediately seal the ballot box and documents directly relating to the election, promptly report it to the Election Board and at the same time take necessary measures to ensure the resumption of the voting.