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Mali

General Right to Vote
Constitution
(1992)

  • Article 27 states: "The right to vote is universal, equal, and secret. According to conditions defined by law, all citizens of voting age are electors demonstrating their civic and political duties."

Exclusion Based on Intellectual Disability
Electoral Law
The Electoral Law
(2006)

  • Article 28 states, “Those people deprived of their right to vote by a judicial decision and those who are severely incompetent should not be registered to a voter list.”

Voter Assistance
Electoral Law
The Electoral Law
(2006)

  • Article 91 states, “Any elector suffering from a disability which makes it impossible for him to place his ballot in the envelope and to slip it into the ballot box can be assisted by an elector of his choice.”

Off-Site Voting
Electoral Law
The Electoral Law
(2006)

  • Article 105 states, “May exercise, at their request, their right ot vote by proxy within the conditions fixed by the law found here...-the sick, women in labor, the handicapped or incapacitated...-those people who are disabled or invalid.”

 



 
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