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Cuba

General Right to Vote
Electoral Law:
(revised, 1992)
• Article 6 states: "Every Cuban should possess the following characteristics in order to exercise his/her right to vote…"

Exclusion Based on Mental Disability
Electoral Law:
(revised, 1992)
• Article 6 states: "Every Cuban should possess the following characteristics in order to exercise his/her right to vote…(d) mental competence to exercise one's electoral rights that are mentioned in the Law and the Constitution."
• Article 7 states: "Citizens who possess the following characteristics cannot exercise their right to vote: (a) declared mentally incompetent by a Court of Law."
Constitution:
• Article 132 states: "All Cubans, male and female, over the age of 16 years, are entitled to vote, except…a) the mentally incapacitated, with a prior judicial declaration of their disability."


 
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