General Right to Vote
Constitution
(2008)

• Article 61 states, “Ecuadorians have the following rights...1. To elect and be elected.”
• Article 62 states, “Those in possession of their political rights have the right to the universal, equal, direct, secret, and publicly scrutinized vote, in conformity to the following dispositions.”

Exclusion Based on Intellectual Disability
Electoral Law
Standards established to regulate the elections during the transitional regime
(2008)

• Article 27 states, “The following citizens are not able to join the polling station [staff]...(g) the interdicted.”

Codification of the Law of Elections
(2000)

• Article 38 states, “They cannot be registered...(e) The crazy or demented.”

Exclusion Based on Disability
Constitution
(2008)

• Article 120 states, “The National Assembly has the following powers and duties, in addition to those prescribed by law...2. To declare the physical incapacity or mental inability to exercise the power of the President of the Republic and end their [the President’s] function in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution.”
• Article 145 states, “The President of the Republic ceases his functions and shall vacate the office in the following cases...4. For permanent mental or physical disability that impedes his exercise of the office, certified in accordance wit hthe law by a committee of specialized doctors, and declared by the National Assembly with the votes of two-thirds of its members.”

Electoral Law
Standards established to regulate the elections during the transitional regime
(2008)

• Article 13 states, “The enjoyment of political rights will be suspended in cases determined by the Constitution and the Law.”

Codification of the Law of Elections
(2000)

• Article 76 states, “If a candidate for popular election dies or finds himself or herslf in a situation of physical, mental, or legal disability as tested before the respective elections, the party or parties sponsoring the nomination will replace him or her with another candidate of the same party...”

Voter Assistance
Electoral Law
Codification of the Law of Elections
(2000)

•  Article 2 states, “The vote of the illiterate and those older than 65 years of age is optional.”
• Article 154 states, “Do not incur the sanctions of this law for not exercising the suffrage...b) Those who due to health or physical disability as tested with a certification of a doctor of public health or of the Ecuadorian Institiute of Social Security are not able to vote...d) Those greater than sixty years of age.”

• Constitution - http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/americas/EC/ecuador-constitucion-politica-de-ecuador-2010/view
• 2008 Standards - http://aceproject.org/regions-en/countries-and-territories/EC/case-studies/normas-generales-para-las-elecciones-dispuestas-en/view
• Codification of the Law of Elections - http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/americas/EC/leyes-electorales/Codificacion%20de%20la%20Ley%20de%20elecciones%20%282000%29.pdf/view