General Right to Vote
Constitution
(1996)

• Article 2, section (3) states, “The vote is equal and secret; all citizens of at least twenty years may participate.”
• Article 6, section (1) states, “The President of the Republic shall be elected by a majority of the votes cast through direct, equal and secret universal suffrage.”
• Article 15, section (1) states, "The National Assembly shall comprise 180 (one hundred and eighty) members elected by direct and secret universal suffrage for a five-year term of office."

Specific Inclusion of People with Disabilities
Constitution
(1996)

• The preamble states that, “The nation protects and encourages family – the natural base of human society. She protects women, youth, the elderly, and the disabled.”

Exclusion Based on Mental Disability
Electoral Law
(1997)

• Under laws governing election to Parliament and Presidency, Section 15 and Section 6, respectively, state "No person shall be entitled to have his name entered on a register of electors and, if so registered, to vote, who...(f) is an insane person or is of an unsound mind."

Exclusion Based on Physical Disability
Electoral Law
(1997)

• Section 17 states: "No person shall be entitled to be nominated as a candidate for election to the National Assembly unless he...can read and write English or French.

• Constitution - http://www.assemblenationale.cm/images/stories/DOCUMENTS_PDF/constitution.pdf
• Most recent amending electoral law - http://www.assemblenationale.cm/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=88 (choice 2)
Original electoral law unavailable online