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General Right to Vote
Constitution
(1868, last amended 2009)

  • See Articles 51-53

Specific Inclusion of People with Disabilities
Constitution
(1868, last amended 2009)

  • Article 11 states, “The law, in principal, rules social security, the protection of health, the rights of workers, the fight against poverty, and the social integration of citizens suffering from a disability.”

Voter Assistance
Electoral Law
(1978, last amended 2003)

  • Article 79 states, “Once it is observed that an elector is blind or incapacitate,d the president authorizes this elector to be accompanied by a guide or support and even to formulat ea vote via this assistant if it is found that he cannot do so himself.”

Off-Site Voting
Constitution
(1868, last amended 2009)

  • Article 65 states, “Voting by proxy is allowed. Non can receive more than one proxy.”

 



 
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