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No support for Alzheimer’s: Elderly couple turned away from polling station

Summary by NL Times
A 76-year-old woman was stopped from assisting her 81-year-old husband at a polling station in Bruinisse on Thursday morning, RTL reports. The man suffers from Alzheimer’s disease, and under current Dutch law, assistance in the voting booth is only permitted for physical disabilities, not cognitive impairments, reportedly to prevent undue influence.
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NL Times broke the news on Thursday, March 19, 2026.
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