General Right to Vote
Constitution
(1999)

• Article 54, section 1 states, “All citizens have the right to participate in government directly and through freely elected representatives.”

Specific Inclusion of People with Disabilities
Constitution
(1999)

• Article 75 states, “1. Those with disabilities are entitled to special protection of the family, society, and public authorities. 2. For the preceeding paragraph, the role of public authorities, includes...a) promote the prevention of disability, treatment, rehabilitation and reintegration of the disabled....b) Raise awareness in society of the duties of respect and solidarity for the disabled, promoting and supporting charitable organizations...c) Ensuring the disabled priority assistance...and the elimination of architectural barriers and other access barriers to public and social facilities...”

Exclusion Based on Intellectual Disability
Electoral Law
Law No. 56/VII/2010
(2010)

• Article 7 states, “Those notoriously recognized as being mentally ill- whether interned by a psychiatric service or establishment or declared by a doctor - are not eligible to vote.”

Voter Assistance
Electoral Law
Electoral Code
(2000, last amended 2010)

• Article 139, section 1 states, “Polling stations meet in public buildings, preferably schools, or seats of municipalities that offer the necessary conditions of space, security, and access.”

Off-Site Voting
Electoral Law
Electoral Code
(2000, last amended 2010)

• Article 213, section 2 states, “They can also vote in advance...a) Any voter who because of illness are committed in a hospital.”
• Article 215 states, “Until the 20th day before the election, a voter may send to the mayor’s office proof of eligbility to vote, photocopies of identification, voter card, proof of impairment (confirmed by the hospital), and location of the hospital. If found eligible, the mayor of the district then sends the voter the proper documentation to vote.”
• See article 215 for more detail on early voting for the sick.
  

• Constitution - http://www.africanlegislaturesproject.org/sites/africanlegislaturesproject.org/files/Constitution%20Cape%20Verde.pdf
• Electoral Law - Select ‘Codigo Eleitoral’  http://www.parlamento.cv/leisdarepublica.aspx