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Nauru

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General Right to Vote
Constitution:
(1978)
• Section 29 states, "Members of the Legislative Assembly shall be elected in such manner as is prescribed by law, by Nauruan citizens who have attained the age of twenty years."

Exclusion Based on Mental Disability
Constitution:
(1978)
• Section 31 states: "No person is qualified to be elected a member of the Legislative Assembly if he…(b) is a person certified to be insane or otherwise adjudged according to the law to be mentally disordered…"


 
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