Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION (ELECTORAL PROCEDURE) (LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL) REGULATION - SECT 59

Marking of ballot papers for or by incapacitated person

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(1) The Presiding Officer may mark a ballot paper for an elector or
authorized representative who is or claims that he or she is unable to read or
is incapacitated from voting due to blindness or other physical cause. The
Presiding Officer may do so only on the application of such an elector or
authorized representative.

(2) The Presiding Officer must mark the ballot paper for a person referred to
in subsection (1) in the presence of a polling officer and in the appropriate
manner specified in section 55, 56, 57 or 58 (as may be applicable), according
to the choice of the elector or authorized  representative. The
Presiding Officer must put the ballot paper into the ballot box, in the
appropriate manner described in section 54 in the presence of a
polling officer, after marking it.

(3) An elector or authorized representative who is blind or claims that he or
she is blind may make use of a template to mark the ballot paper if a template
is provided for that purpose at the polling station.