General Right to Vote
Constitution
(1986)

• Article 77, section (b) states, "All elections shall be by secret ballot as may be determined by the Elections Commission, and every Liberian citizen not less than 18 years of age, shall have the right to be registered as a voter and to vote in public elections and referenda under this Constitution. The Legislature shall enact laws indicating the category of Liberians who shall not form or become members of political parties."

Poll Manuals
Polling Procedures for the Election of the President, the Senate and Members of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Liberia
(2005)

• Part 2, section 1 states, “A Liberian citizen, who has attained the age of 18 years or above, presenting a valid registration card, may vote in the voting precinct for which he/she is registered.”

Exclusion Based on Intellectual Disability
Electoral Law
The New Elections Law
(1986)

• Section 3.1 states: "Every citizen of Liberia who has attained the age of eighteen years or older, may register as a voter except one who has been judicially declared to be incompetent or of unsound mind..."
• Section 2.33 states, “The Clerk of the Monthly and Probate Court in any county or district shall furnish or send to the appropriate Magistrate of Elections, upon adjudication, the names and addresses of all persons who have been judicially declared incompetent or of unsound mind together with the incompetent voter’s card previously obtained before such declaration or decree by the court.”

The Electoral Reform Law
(2003)

• Section 16 deletes Section 5.1 of the 1986 election law, which previously stated, “Section 5.1 states, “Except one who has been judicially declared to be incompetent or of unsound mind...a Liberian citizen with a valid registration card may vote at any election in the voting precinct of the constituency to which he/she is registered...”

Voter Assistance
Electoral Law
The New Elections Law
(1986)

• Section 5.8 states: "A voter who is unlettered or physically incapacitated of voting may request an assistance of a helper to mark his ballot in the presence of an election officer. The Clerk shall enter on the register opposite the name of such assisted voter, the reason for such assistance. The one assisting the voter shall retire with him in an unoccupied compartment along with an election officer and at his direction, help him in the preparation and marking of his ballot and return the ballot paper properly folded for deposit in the official ballot box."

The Electoral Reform Law
(2003)

• Section 8.1 adds the following to section 3.2 of the 1986 law
  3.2(b) Registration officers shall give preference to persons with disabilities at registration center
  3.2(c) The location and arrangement of the registration centers shall, to the extent to which is reasonably and practicably possible, be accessible to persons with disabilities.
• Section 8.2 adds the following to section 4.2(1) of the 1986 law
  4.2(1)(b) Polling officers shall give preference to persons with disabilities at polling places.
  4.2(1)(c) The location and arrangement of the Polling Places shall, to the extent which is reasonably and practicably possible, be accessible to persons with disabilities.
• Section 8.3 revises section 5.8 of the 1986 law to the following, “A voter who is unlettered or incapacitated may request the assistance of a person of his/her choice to mark his/her ballot in secret, provided that the person giving assistance shall be a registered voter. The Clerk shall enter on the register opposite the name of the assisted voter, the reason of such assistance. The one assisting the voter shall retire with him/her in an unoccupied compartment and, at the direction of the voter, help in preparation and marking of his/her ballot paper and return the ballot paper properly folded for deposit in the ballot box.”

Poll Manual
Polling Procedures for the Election of the President, the Senate and Members of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Liberia
(2005)

• Part 5, section 2, subsection g states, “the inker...applies indelible ink to the cuticle at the base of the right thumbnail (If a voter has missing fingers the ballot box controller inks one of her/his fingers in the following order: the third, fourth, fifth finger and thumb of the right hand, the index, third, fourth, fifth finger and thumb of the left hand. If the voter has no fingers, it is not necessary to apply ink.”
• Part 5, section 6 states, “A voter who is unlettered or physically incapacitated may request the assistance of a friend or relative to assist him/her, but the friend or relative may only assist one voter on polling day. The person assisting the voter must be a registered voter. The Presiding Officer must explain to the friend or relative the need to keep the voter’s choice secret. The one assisting the voter shall go behind an unoccupied voting screen with him/her and help him/her in the preparation and marking of his/her ballots and return the ballot papers properly folded for deposit in the official ballot boxes. In case the voter cannot find a person to assist him/her, the Presiding Officer will be allowed to assist the voter in marking of his/her ballots, according to the voter’s instructions. The choice of the voter must be kept secret.”

• Constitution - http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/text.jsp?file_id=207595
• Electoral Laws
• The New Elections Law (1986) - http://www.ifes.org/~/media/Files/Publications/Election%20Law/1986/834/New_elections_law_Liberia_1986.pdf
• The Electoral Reform Law - http://www.ifes.org/~/media/Files/Publications/Election%20Law/2004/836/20041222_Electoral_Reform_Law_publication.pdf
• Polling Procedures Manual - http://aceproject.org/ero-en/topics/voting-operations/Polling%20Procedures%202005.pdf/view