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Haiti

General Right to Vote
Constitution:
(1987)
• Article 52-1 states, "Civic duties are the citizen's moral, political, social and economic obligations as a hole to the State and the country. These obligations are…(c) To vote in elections without constraint…"

Specific Inclusion of People with Disabilities
Electoral Law:
(1995)
• Article 10-1 states: "Physical incapacity cannot be invoked to forbid the citizen's right to vote to any Haitian citizen who has fulfilled all the conditions required by them. All members of the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) have the obligation to take all the necessary steps to facilitate the voting rights of the physically handicapped citizens."

Exclusion Based on Mental Disability
Electoral Law:
(1995)
• Article 10 states: "All Haitians…who…enjoy civil and political rights, and who are not incapacitated in any way by law" are entitled to vote.
• Article 13 states: "The right to vote can be suspended for as long as the following causes last…(f) insanity."

Voter Assistance by Other Citizens
Electoral Law:
(1995)
• Article 101-2 states: "Any disabled elector who can not register and vote as prescribed by the present law, is authorized to be assisted by an elector of his choice. Mention of it is to be made on the roster, on the electoral card and the minutes."


 
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