General Right to
Vote
Electoral Law:
(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
Electoral Law:
(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 Disability
Constitution:
(1992)
• Article 43 states: "The President will lose his/her powers
if…(c) He/she is disabled permanently -- either physically or mentally…
• Article 57 states: "The Vice-President will lose his/her powers
if…(c) He/she is disabled permanently -- either physically or mentally."
Voter Assistance
by Other Citizens
Electoral Law:
(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."
Poll Worker Manuals:
(1995)
• Under "At the Voting Polls," it states: "Only voters,
who cannot read or due to physical disability cannot fill out and deliver
a ballot to the President of a poll station, can ask a person whom they
trust to perform these tasks for them."
