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Brazil
Exclusion Based
on Mental Disability
Electoral Law:
(source: IPU)
Disqualification from voting: insanity
Off-Site Voting
Alternatives
Electoral Law:
(July 5, 1965)
Article 50 states: "The Electoral Magistrate shall provide
for registration proceedings within the headquarters of institutions for
the protection of the blind, stating a date and time for this purpose.
All blind persons of the Municipal district may register in the Polling
division related thereto."
Promotes Access
Electoral Law:
(July 5, 1965)
Article 49 states: "Blind persons who are literate by means
of the Braille system, and who fulfill all other conditions for registration,
may qualify by completing the printed form and inscribing their name using
letters of the said alphabet."
Article 150 states: "The blind elector may: (I) mark the individual
ballot paper in plain alphabet letters, or in the Braille system; (II)
mark the official form, also using either system; (III) use any mechanical
element he may have brought with him, or which may be provided by the
presiding officials, and which may allow him to exercise his right to
vote."
Compulsory Vote
Excusal
Electoral Law:
(July 5, 1965)
Article 6 states: "Registration and voting are compulsory
for Brazilians
except: (I) as regards registration: (a) disabled
persons
(II) as regards voting: (a) persons who are ill."
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