General Right to Vote
Constitution
(1990)

• Article IV, section (3) states, "(1) Elections of members of the Nitijela shall be conducted by secret ballot under a system of universal suffrage for all citizens of the Marshall Islands who have attained the age of 18 years, and who are otherwise qualified to vote pursuant to this Section."

Electoral Law
Elections and Referenda Act
(1980, revised 2004)

• Section 105, subsection (1) states, “In accordance with Article IV, Sections 3 (1) and (2) of the Constitution of the Marshall Islands, all citizens of the Republic who have attained the age of eighteen (18) years other than persons who...have the right and duty to vote in elections of members of the Nitijela.”

Exclusion Based on Intellectual Disability
Constitution
(1990)

• Article IV, Section 3, subsection (2) states, "No person shall be qualified to be a voter if (a) he is certified to be insane..."

Electoral Law
Elections and Referenda Act
(1980, revised 2004)

• Section 105, subsection (1) states, “...all citizens of the Republic who have attained the age of eighteen (18) years, other than persons who (a) are certified to be insane...have the right and duty to vote in elections of members of the Nitijela.”

Voter Assistance
Electoral Law
Elections and Referenda Act
(1980, revised 2004)

• Section 174 states, “A voter who is blind or otherwise, by reason of some physical disability, unable to mark his ballot without assistance, or is unable to read or write, may have assistance of a person chosen by him in marking his ballot paper.”

Off-Site Voting
Electoral Law
Elections and Referenda Act
(1980, revised 2004)

• Section 161, subsection (1) states, “A registered voter who, (a) is prevented by illness or physical disability from attending a polling place in order to vote in election...may apply for a postal ballot paper.”
• Sections 161-163 describe the procedures of postal voting in detail.
• Section 167 states, “The regulations may prescribe special procedures to enable voters who are...(a) inpatients at a hospital, or members of the staff of a hospital...to vote at the hospital or institution or on the vessel, as the case may be, and for the delivery of the ballot papers to the Counting and Tabulation Committee.”

• Constitution - http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/pacific/MH/Marshall%20Islands%20Constitution%201990.pdf/view
• Elections & Referenda Act - http://www.paclii.org/mh/legis/consol_act/eara1980197/