General Right to Vote
Electoral Law:
(1997: Federal Code of Electoral Institutions and Procedures)
• Article 4 states: "(1) To vote in the elections constitutes a right and an obligation of the citizen that is to be exercised in order to form the State governmental organs of popular election. (2) The vote is universal, free, secret, direct, personal, and non-transferable. (3) Any action prohibiting the voter from voting is illegal."

Exclusion Based on Physical Disability
Electoral Law:
(1997: Federal Code of Electoral Institutions and Procedures)
• Article 120 states: "To be part of an electoral board one needs…(h) to know how to read and write and be 70 years old or younger on the day of the election."

Voter Assistance by Other Citizens
Electoral Law:
(1997: Federal Code of Electoral Institutions and Procedures)
• Article 218, section (2) states: "Those voters that cannot read or that are physically disabled to mark the ballot, will be allowed to be accompanied by a person they trust."
Poll Worker Manuals:
Polling Place Guidebook (2000)
• If a person is blind, visually impaired, or incapacitated in such a way as to prevent his from voting independently, he may receive assistance in marking his ballot from a companion p 30

Off-Site Voting Alternatives
Electoral Law:
(1997: Federal Code of Electoral Institutions and Procedures)
• Article 149 states: "Mexican citizens that reside within the national territory and are physically disabled to appear before the Executive Board of the Federal Registry of Electors, corresponding to his/her home address, can submit the registration request by mail, along with documentation supporting his/her disability. In those circumstances, the Executive Board of the Federal Registry of Electors will dictate measures to deliver the credentials for the voter with physical disabilities for them to vote."