General Right to Vote
Constitution
(2010)

• Article 2, section 4 states, “The elections of the deputies of the Jogorku Kenesh, the President as well as the deputies of representative local self-governance bodies shall be conducted on the basis of universal equal and direct suffrage by secret ballot.”

Electoral Law
(1999, last amended 2007)

• Article 3, section 1 states, “Citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic having reached 18 years of age shall have the right to elect, and upon reaching the age established by the Constitution and the present Code, to be elected to state and local administrative bodies.”

Specific Inclusion of People with Disabilities
Constitution
(2010)

• Article 16, section 2 states, “No one may be subject to discrimination on the basis of ...disability...”

Exclusion Based on Intellectual Disability
Electoral Law
(1999, last amended 2007)

• Article 3, section 3 states, “Citizens who were recognized by the court as legally incapable or who are being held in places of confinement, shall not have the right to elect and be elected.”

Exclusion Based on Physical Disability
Constitution
(2010)

• Article 62, section 1 states, “A citizen of the Kyrgyz Republic...who has a command of the state language...may be elected President.”

Electoral Law
(1999, last amended 2007)

• Article 61 states, “1. A citizen of the Kyrgyz Republic may be elected as a President if he has a command of the state language. 2. A command of the state language shall be defined as the ability to read, write and express one’s thoughts in the state language.”

Voter Assistance
Electoral Law
(1999, last amended 2007)

• Article 40, section 1, paragraph 6 states, “When issuing ballot papers a member of a precinct election commission with a decisive vote shall mark (stamp) voters’ left thumbs with special (invisible) ink. In case a left thumb is absent, the marking shall be done as follows:
• the finger closest to the thumb shall be marked beginning with the index finger;
• in the absence of all fingers on the left hand, right hand fingers shall be marked in the order stipulated for the left hand;
• in the absence of fingers on both hands, a voter shall have the right to vote without marking once in one and the same elections.
• Article 40, section 9 states, “A voter who does not have an opportunity to sign independently for the receipt of a ballot paper to fill it out, shall have the right to use the help of another voter, who is not an election commission member, candidate, representative of a candidate or political party, or an observer.  In this case a given voter shall verbally notify the election commission on his intent to use the help of another person.”

Off-Site Voting
Electoral Law
(1999, last amended 2007)

• Article 21, section 3 states, “Voters, who on the voting day found themselves in hospitals, sanatoriums, recreation houses...shall vote in places of their temporary stay in accordance with the procedure established in Article 42 of this code.”
• Article 42, section 1 states, “Voters who are included into electoral registers, but due to health conditions of disability are unable to arrive at a given precinct for voting, voters who are in hospitals, sanatoriums, recreation houses...shall vote in the place of their stay...”
• Article 42 details the procedure for voting outside the polling station.

• Constitution - http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/asia/KG/kyrgyzstan-constitution-27-june-2010/view
• Electoral Law - http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/asia/KG/kyrgyzstan-election-code-1999-2007/view