General Right to Vote
Constitution
(1815, last amended 2002)

• Article 4 states, “Every Dutch national shall have an equal right to elect the members of the general representative bodies and to stand for election as a member of those bodies...”

Electoral Law
Elections Act
(1989, last amended 1998)

• Section B.1. subsection (1) states, "The members of the Lower House of the States-General shall be elected by persons who are Netherlands nationals on nomination day and have attained the age of eighteen years on polling day..."

Exclusion Based on Intellectual Disability
Constitution
(1815, last amended 2002)

• Article 54, section (2) states, “Anyone who has committed an offence designated by Act of Parliament and has been sentenced as a result by a final and conclusive judgment of a court of law to a custodial sentence of not less than one year and simultaneously disqualified from voting shall not be entitled to vote.”
• Article 56 states, "To be eligible for membership of the States General, a person must be a Dutch national, must have attained the age of eighteen years and must not have been disqualified from voting."

Electoral Law
Elections Act
(1989, last amended 1998)

• Section B.5. subsection (1) states, "The following persons shall be disqualified from the franchise...(a) those who have been disqualified from voting by the final decision of a court (b) those who have been declared by final decision of a court as lacking legal capacity to enter into transactions on account of a mental disturbance."

Voter Assistance by Other Citizens
Electoral Law
Elections Act
(1989, last amended 1998)

• Section J.4. subsection (2) states, “The municipal executive shall ensure that as many polling stations as possible are suitably situated and equipped for voter with physical disabilities. The burgomaster shall publicly announce the address of these polling stations, giving notice at the same time that votes may be cast there in accordance with the provisions of chapter K.”
• Section J.28. states, "If the electoral committee observes that an elector requires help because of his physical condition, the committee is allowed to assist him."
• Section J.32. states, “Voting other than by means of ballot papers shall be possible at polling stations designated for the purpose by the Election Council or, pursuant to its authorization, by the municipal executive. The provisions of this Act relating to the use of ballot papers shall then not apply.”

Off-Site Voting Alternatives
Electoral Law
Elections Act
(1989, last updated 1998)

• Section L.1. states: "An elector who does not expect to be able to vote personally may vote by proxy in accordance with the provisions of this chapter."

• Constitution - http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/3ae6b5730.html
• Elections Act - http://www.legislationline.org/topics/country/12/topic/6