General Right to Vote
Constitution
(1983, as amended 2006)

• Article 37 states, “Are the rights of citizens...1. Choose and be elected.”

Exclusion Based on Physical Disability
Electoral Law
(2004)

• Article 39 states, “The following are causes for resignation of a member of an electoral body...1. Physical disability.”

Voter Assistance
Electoral Law
(2004)

• Article 171 states, “Without prejudice to other special procedures established by the Supreme Electoral Court to guarantee the secrecy of the vote when the voter is a person unable to vote by itself, he will the voting officers, who, at the request of the elector and obeying his will, mark the ballot in the box of the candidate as instructed, then show the ballot to the other officers. The vote shall deposit the ballot by himself or through the Chairperson of the Bureau.”

Poll Worker Guides
Instructions to Members of the MER

• Under “Aides to assist voters with disabilities” it states, “The aides are duly identified and accredited by the TSE in order to facilitate access by disabled voters to voting centers and MER.” (p.8).
• The duties of the Secretary of the MER include, “If it is necessary, register the type of disability that affects the elector on their voting notebook.” (p. 10)

• Constitution - http://www.honduras.com/honduras-constitution-english.html
• Electoral Law - http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/americas/HN/leyes-electorales/Decreto%2044%20Ley%20electoral%20y%20de%20las%20organizaciones%20politicas%282004%29.pdf/view
• Instructions to Members of the MER - http://www.tse.hn/web/documentos/doc_mer/INSTRUCTIVO%20MER%20PASO%20A%20PASO.pdf