Cyprus
• Total examination of election law needed by Greek-speaker
General Right to
Vote
Constitution:
(1960)
• Article 31 states, "Every citizen has, subject to the provisions
of this Constitution and any electoral law of the Republic or of the relevant
Communal Chamber made thereunder, the right to vote in any election held
under this Constitution or any such law."
Exclusion Based
on Mental Disability
Constitution:
(1960)
• Article 40 states, "A person shall be qualified to be a candidate
for election as President Vice-President of the Republic if at the time
of election such person…(d) is not suffering from a mental disease
incapacitating such person from acting as President or Vice-President
of the Republic."
• Article 64 states, "A person shall be qualified to be a candidate
for election as a Representative if at the time of the election that person…(d)
is not suffering from a mental disease incapacitating such person from
acting as a Representative."
