General Right to Vote
Constitution
(1966, last amended 1997)

• See Article 67

Exclusion Based on Intellectual Disability
Constitution
(1966, last amended 1997)

• Article 5, section (1) states: "No person shall be deprived of his personal liberty save as may be authorized by law in any of the following cases, that is to say...(h) in the case of a person who is, or is reasonably suspected to be, of unsound mind, addicted to drugs or alcohol, or a vagrant, for the purpose of his care or treatment or the protection of the community."
• Article 62, section (1) disqualifies from membership in the National Assembly any person who "...(c) is certified to be insane or otherwise adjudged to be of unsound mind under any law for the time being in force in Botswana."
• Article 79, section (5) disqualifies from membership in the House of Chiefs any person who "...(c) is certified to be insane or otherwise adjudged to be of unsound mind under any law for the time being in forc in Botswana."

Electoral Law
(1968, last amended 2009)

• Section 6, subsection (1) states, “No person shall be qualified to be registered as a voter who...(c) is a person certified to be insane or otherwise adjudged or declared to be of unsound mind under any law for the time being in force in Botswana....”

Exclusion Based on Physical Disability
Constitution
(1966, last amended 1997)

• Article 61 states: "...a person shall be qualified to be elected as a Member of the National Assembly if, and shall not be qualified to be so elected unless he ...(d) is able to speak, and, unless incapacitated by blindness or other physical cause, to read English well enough to take an active part in the proceedings of the Assembly."
• Article 79, section (4) states: "...a person shall be qualified to be elected as a Specially Elected Member of the House of Chiefs if, and shall not be qualified to be so elected unless, he...(c) is able to speak, and, unless incapacitated by blindness or other physical cause, to read English well enough to take an active part in the proceedings of the House.”

Voter Assistance
Electoral Law
(1968, last amended 2009)

• Section 54 states, “The voting at an election shall be conducted in the following manner...(g) on the application in person of any voter who is incapacitated by blindness or other physical cause from voting, the presiding officer, in the presence of the person with whose assistance the voter came to cast his vote, shall cause the vote of the voter to be marked on a ballot paper in the manner directed by the voter, and the ballot paper to be placed in the ballot box.”

• Constitution - http://www.botswanaembassy.org/files/constitution_of_botswana.pdf
• Electoral Law - http://www.laws.gov.bw/VOLUME%201/Chapter_02_09_Electoral.pdf