General Right to Vote
Constitution
(2000, as amended 2005)

• Article 5 states: "Suffrage is universal, equal, and secret. Voters are determined by the conditions of law to be all nationals, of both sexes, enjoying their civil and political rights."

Electoral Law
Electoral Code of the Ivory Coast

• Article 2 states, “Suffrage is universal, free, equal and secret.”

Specific Inclusion of People with Disabilities
Constitution
(2000, as amended 2005)

• Article 6 states, “The state guarantees the protection of children, the elderly, and people with a handicap.”

Exclusion Based on Intellectual Disability
Constitution
(2000, as amended 2005)

• Article 35 states, “The candidate running for President of the Republic must present himself in a complete state of physical and mental health confirmed by a group of three doctors designated by the Constitutional Council from a list proposed by the Council of the Order of Doctors. These three physicians must be sworn under oath in front of the Constitutional Court.”

Electoral Law
Electoral Code of the Ivory Coast

• Article 3 states, “Voters are Ivorian nationals of both sexes and people with acquired Ivorian citizenship by naturalization or marriage, aged eighteen years of age, enrolled on the electoral role, enjoying their civil and political rights, and being in no cases incapacitated under the law.”

Exclusion Based on Disability
Electoral Law
Electoral Code of the Ivory Coast

• Article 34 states, “No person can be allowed to vote if he is not registered to a voter list. Voting by correspondence, by decree, or by proxy is not allowed.”

Voter Assistance
Electoral Law
Electoral Code of the Ivory Coast

• Article 37 states, “Any elector suffering from a confirmed disability or a physical disability which makes it impossible for him to undertake the voting procedure is authorized to be assisted by a person of his choice.”

• Constitution - http://www.lexadin.nl/wlg/legis/nofr/oeur/lxwecdi.htm
• Electoral Law - http://www.ceici.org/elections/ci/code-electoral-cei.php