General Right to Vote
Constitution
(2004)

• Article 8 states, “The Vote is universal, equal, secret, free, and transparent. It can be direct or indirect under the conditions provided in the law.”

Specific Inclusion of People with Disabilities
Constitution
(2004)

• Article 22 states, “No person can be the object of discrimination based on his or her origin, race, ethnicity, gender, skin color, language, social situation, religions, philosophical, or political belief, a mental or physical handicap, or on the fact of being HIV positive or having any other incurable disease.”

Exclusion Based on Mental Disability
Electoral Law
(2005, last amended 2009)

• Article 5 states, “Are affected by temporary electoral incapacity...(4) People who have been committed or hospitalized due to dementia, other derangement or due to any other measure relating to insanity.”

Exclusion Based on Physical Disability
Electoral Law
(2005, last amended 2009)

• Article 105 states, “The Candidate seeking to become a member of the Communal Council must...be physically capable.”

Off-Site Voting
Electoral Law
(2005, last amended 2009)

• Article 49 states, “Have the right to vote by proxy...(2) Women in labor, citizens suffering of illness, and people with a handicap who, due to their medical state or physical condition, absolutely cannot travel to the polling location.”

• Constitution - http://burundi.news.free.fr/actualites/constitutionbu.html
• Electoral Law - http://www.arib.info/Parlement_Code_electoral_sept2009.pdf