General Right to Vote
Constitution
(1997)

• Article 12 states, “All citizens of Burkina Faso, without any distinction, have the right to participate in the affairs of the State and of Society. As such, they are eligible electors within the conditions provided under law.”
• Article 33 states: "Voting directly or indirectly is exercised within the provisions of the law. Voting directly is always performed equally, secretively, and universally."

Exclusion Based on Intellectual Disability
Electoral Law
Electoral Code
(2000)

• Article 44 states, “Should not be registered to the voter lists...3. Individuals who are severely mentally disabled or invalid; 4. Those who have been stripped of their civic and political rights.”
• Article 134 states, “Any Burkinan who is qualified as an elector is eligible for election to the President of Burkina Faso...”
• Article 162 states, “All citizens who are qualified electors may be elected to the National Assembly...”
• Article 209 states, “Cannot be elected provincial councilors...persons deprived of voting rights.”

Voter Assistance
Electoral Law
Electoral Code
(2000)

• Article 91 states, “Any elector with a disability or physical handicap which makes it impossible for him to express his choice and to place his ballot in the ballot box is authorized to be assisted by an elector of his choice or by a polling place official.”
  

• Constitution - http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/details.jsp?id=6364
• Electoral Law - http://presidence.bf/code-electoral.php?sid=23