General Right to Vote
Constitution:
(1994)
• Article 9 section d) states: "Every citizen of the Dominican Republic has the duty to vote, provided that they are legally capable of performing the voting act."

Exclusion Based on Mental Disability
Electoral Law:
(source: IPU)
• Qualifications for office: full enjoyment of civil and political rights

Voter Assistance by Other Citizens
Electoral Law:
(1997)
• Article 121 states: "When an elector is unable to vote without assistance, he may, with the authorization of the president of the electoral college, use the help of an individual he trusts, shall accompany him into the voting booth or recess or closed room and prepare his ballot, without allowing any other person to be close enough to see or hear whatever is done or said while the said ballot is prepared."
Poll Worker Manuals:
Election and Polling Station Information for Members and Delegates of Political Organiztions (1994)
• In case of blind, paralyzed citizens or those citizens who have had an amputation, the poll worker has the authority to permit an assistant of the voter's choosing to enter the voting booth and help the voter vote. P 13

Voter Assistance using Adaptive Techniques
Poll Worker Manuals:
Poll Worker Instructions: Produced by the Central Election Commission (1994)
• Priority in line will be given to senior citizens, citizens with a physical disability, and pregnant women p 13