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
Constitution
(1987)

• Article 32-8 states, “The State guarantees that the handicapped and the gifted shall have the means to ensure their autonomy, education and independence.”

Exclusion Based on Mental Disability
Electoral Law
(1978, last amended 2008)

• Article 22 states, “Every Haitian who satisfies the following conditions possesses the status of elector...d) Is in full possession of civil and political rights.”
• Article 160 states, “Incapacity cannot be cited as a reason for depriving a citizen from his right to vote. Only a citizen suffering from severe mental incapacity loses his right to vote.”

Voter Assistance
Electoral Law
(1978, last amended 2008)

• Article 160 states, “Any elector with a physical disability can be accompanied with a person of his choice in order to vote...Similar conditions will also be accorded to pregnant women, elderly citizens and any other person judged to be invulnerable.”
• Article 160.1 states, “Specialized methods of communications envisaged in the civic education campaign will also be used at the polling place, aimed at the deaf-mute and the blind, including: sign language, Braille method.”

• Constitution - http://pdba.georgetown.edu/constitutions/haiti/haiti1987.html
• Electoral Law - http://www.haitielections2010.com/downlaod/Loi_electorale_2008.pdf