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Ivory Coast

General Right to Vote
Constitution:
(1998)
• 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:
(December 13, 1994)
• Article 3 states: "Voters are national of both sexes, of 21 years of age, registered to vote, who enjoy their civil and political rights and not seen as incapable before the law."

Voter Assistance by Other Citizens
Poll Worker Manuals:
(2000)
• Page 2 states: "Poll workers are to act as assistants to voting for all voters conforming to the law."
• Page 10 states: "All infirm or physically handicapped who find it impossible to accomplish the operations alone, may be assisted by the person of their choice."

Off-Site Voting Alternatives
Electoral Law:
(December 13, 1994)
• Article 35 states: "No one should admit unregistered individuals unless authorized by the ordinance of a judge. Voting by correspondence or proxy is proscribed."
Poll Worker Manuals:
(2000)
• Page 11 states: "Voting by correspondence, ordinance, or proxy is interdiction."


 
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