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Benin
General Right to
Vote
Constitution:
(1994)
Article 6 states: "3. Individuals in a state of contumacy
may not vote. 4. Failed rehabilitants whose bankruptcy has been declared
by the national courts of common rights or as decided by a foreign or
executive court cannot vote."
Exclusion Based
on Mental Disability
Electoral Law:
(source: IPU)
Disqualification from voting: guardianship
Exclusion Based
on Disability
Constitution:
(1994)
Article 24 states: "Candidates must declare on their honor
not to fall ill with conditions of ineligibility or incapability as determined
by the law."
Voter Assistance
by Other Citizens
Constitution:
(1994)
Article 67 states: "If it is impossible due to infirmity for
a voter to cast a vote in the ballot box or they need assistance, the
citizen may pick and authorize whomever they want to represent them."
Voter secrecy not respected.
Off-Site Voting
Alternatives
Constitution:
(1994)
Article 75 states: "People hospitalized, confined to their
homes, invalids, and ill people in general can vote by proxy."
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