General Right to Vote
Constitution:
(21 October 1998)
• Article 45, section (1) states, "Every citizen who has reached the age of 18, even on the date of the elections, has the right to elect and to be elected."
Electoral Law:
(8 May 2000)
• Article 6, section (1) states, "Every Albanian citizen who has reached the age of 18 on or before the election date, and who fulfills the conditions provided in this Code, has the right to vote for elections to the Assembly, local government organs and in referenda."

Exclusion Based on Mental Disability
Constitution:
(21 October 1998)
• Article 27, section (2) states, "The liberty of a person may not be limited, except in the following cases…(d) when a person is the carrier of a contagious disease, mentally incompetent and dangerous to society…"
• Article 45, section (2) states, "citizens who have been declared mentally incompetent by a final court decision do not have the right to elect."
Electoral Law:
(8 May 2000)
• Article 6, section (2) states, "Citizens declared by final judicial decision as incapable of acting because of mental inability are excluded from the right to vote."

Voter Assistance By Other Citizens
Electoral Law:
(8 May 2000)
• Article 100, section (1) states, "A voter who, for physical reasons, is unable to vote for himself, may request the help of another voter who is on the list of voters for that polling unit. Both voters must be present in the voting center when this procedure is used."
• Article 100, section (2) states, "A person may help only one voter who cannot vote himself."
• Article 100, section (3) states, "Before marking the ballot, a person who assists another voter makes a declaration in the official record that he will mark the ballot as instructed and has not assisted any other voter."
• Article 100, section (4) states, "No members of the election commissions of any level may help voters who are unable to vote themselves."
• Article 100, section (5) states, "The mark selection on the ballot must be made in the voting booth."

Off-Site Voting Alternatives
Electoral Law:
(8 May 2000)
• Article 2, section (2) defines "special institutions" as "…prisons, places of pre-detention, hospitals or other health institutions that accept patients for more than three days."
• Article 59, section (1) states, "For general referenda and elections, two days prior to the date of voting, the director of the special institution prepares a list of voters and delivers it to the ZEC."
• Article 59, section (2) states, "For local referenda and elections, two days prior to the day of voting, the director of the special institution prepares a list of those residents who are domiciled in the electoral unit where the institution is located and delivers it to the LGEC."
• Article 103 states, "The voting in hospitals, prisons and places of pre-detention and dormitories is carried out according to the rules for voting centers contemplated in this Code and substatutory acts of the CEC."