General Right to Vote
Constitution
(1984)

• Article 74, section 1 states, “Members of the Regional Councils shall be elected by free, universal, equal, direct, and secret suffrage.”

Exclusion Based on Intellectual Disability
Electoral Law
Electoral Law for the President of the Republic and the Popular National Assembly
(1998)

• Article 9 states, “Those are not able to actively vote...a) Those banned due to mental disorder as judged by a court decision b) Those as declared demented by psychiatrists or a team of at least two doctors.”

Voter Assistance
Electoral Law
Electoral Law for the President of the Republic and the Popular National Assembly
(1998)

• Article 75, section 1 states, “Voters blind and suffering from obvious disability, that cannot by themselves check and perform different operations provided for in the Act may vote accompanied by a voter of their choice...”
• Article 76 states, “Citizens who cannot read or write vote by placing a finger on the ballot after having dipped it in ink for this purpose.”

• Constitution - http://www.constitutionnet.org/files/Guinea-Bissau%20Constitution.pdf
• Electoral Law - See Attached