Equatorial
Guinea
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General Right to
Vote
Constitution
(1991, last amended 1995)
- Article 2 states, “National sovereignty shall be vested in the people who shall exercise it through election by universal suffrage...”
Electoral Law
(1993, last amended 1995)
- Article 2 states: "The power of the State is invested in people by the right of the universal voting."
- Article 4 states: "All citizens of Equatorial Guinea, without gender discrimination, who are 18 years old and older, and who are not legally disqualified, can vote."
Exclusion Based on Mental Disability
Constitution
(1991, last amended 1995)
- Article 43, section 1 states, “The president may end his functions in the event of...c. permanent physical or mental invalidity.”
Electoral Law
(1993, last amended 1995)
- Article 8 states, "Citizens who fall under following points cannot be registered in the Electoral Registry nor vote...(g) those who have been disqualified from voting by a court order; those who are mentally disabled and inmates of psychiatric wards."
Exclusion Based on Physical Disability
Constitution
(1991, last amended 1995)
- Article 43, section 1 states, “The president may end his functions in the event of ...c. permanent physical or mental invalidity.”
- Article 57 states, “The Prime Minister shall end his term in office in the event of...c. permanent physical disability.”
Voter Assistance by Other Citizens
Electoral Law
(1993, last amended 1995)
- Article 91 states: "No one can enter a voting center bearing arms, sticks, canes or umbrellas. An exception is made for physically disabled who are publicly known to need physical aid. However, they cannot bear arms or logs. They, also, should not stay inside a voting center for longer than it is needed to cast a vote."
