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Djibouti

General Right to Vote
Constitution
(1992)

  • Article 5 states, “All Djiboutian nationals of age, of both genders and in full possession of the civil and political rights, are electors within the conditions determined by law.”

Voter Assistance
Electoral Law
Organic Law Relating to Elections
(1992, last amended 2007)

  • Article 48 states, “Any elector suffering from a disability which prevents him from placing his ballot in the envelope and then slipping it into the ballot box is authorized to be assisted by an elector of his choice.”

 


 
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