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Jordan
General Right to
Vote
Electoral Law:
(1986: Law of Elections to House of Deputies)
Article 3, section (A) states: "Every Jordanian, who has completed
19 Solar years of his age has the right to elect members of the House
of Deputies if his name is registered in one of the Final Electoral Lists."
Article 3, section (B) states: "The right to vote shall be
denied to
(3) Anyone who has been interdicted for his person and
the interdiction has not been lifted, or for any other reason and the
interdiction has not been lifted."
Exclusion Based
on Mental Disability
Constitution:
(updated 1993)
Article 28, part (e) states: "No person shall ascend to the
Throne unless he is
mentally sound
"
Article 75 section (1) states: "No person shall become a Senator
or Deputy
(g) who is insane or an imbecile."
Voter Assistance
by Other Citizens
Electoral Law:
(1986: Law of Elections to House of Deputies)
Article 46, section (B) states: "
An illiterate Voter
may ask the Chairman of the Balloting Panel to write the names of the
Candidates the Elector wishes to elect; after having written down the
names, the Chairman shall read the names out within earshot of the Balloting
Panel."
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