General
Right to Vote
Constitution:
(1999)
• See sections 65-66.
Exclusion
Based on Mental Disability
Constitution:
(1999)
• Section 66, subsection (1) states: "No person shall be qualified
for election to the Senate or the House of Representatives if…(b)
under any law in force in any part of Nigeria, he is adjudged to be
a lunatic or otherwise declared to be of unsound mind…"
• Section 66, subsection (2) states, "Where in respect of
any person who has been (a) adjudged to be a lunatic; (b) declared to
be of unsound mind; … any appeal against the decision is pending
in any court of law in accordance with any law in force in Nigeria,
subsection (1) of the section shall not apply during a period beginning
from the date when such appeal is lodged and ending on the date when
the appeal is finally determined or, as the case may be, the appeal
lapses or is abandoned, whichever is earlier.
• Section 66, subsection (3) states, "For the purposes of
subsection (2) of this section 'appeal' includes any application for
an injunction or an order certiorari, mandamus, prohibition or habeas
corpus, or any appeal from any such application."
• Section 107, subsection (1) states: "No person shall be
qualified for election to the House of Assembly if…(b) under any
law in force in any part of Nigeria, he is adjudged to be a lunatic
or otherwise declared to be of unsound mind…"
• Section 137, subsection (1) states: "A person shall not
be qualified for election to the office of President if…(c) under
the law in any part of Nigeria, he is adjudged to be a lunatic or otherwise
declared to be of unsound mind."
Electoral Law:
(1998: Election of President and National Assembly)
• Section 3 states: "A person shall not be qualified to contest
the Presidential and National Assembly elections if…(a) under any
Law in force in any part of Nigeria, he is adjudged to be a lunatic
or is otherwise declared to be of unsound mind…"
(1998: Local Government Council Elections)
• Section 3, subsection (1) states: "A person shall not be
qualified to contest a Local Government Council elections if…(a)
under any Law in force in any part of Nigeria, he is adjudged to be
a lunatic or is otherwise declared to be of unsound mind…"
Voter
Assistance by Other Citizens
Poll Worker Manuals:
Presidential and parliamentary Elections: Election officials Manual
(1996)
• If a voter is blind, illiterate, or infirm, he may be assisted
by a person of his choice.
Promotes
Access
Poll Worker Manuals:
Presidential and parliamentary Elections: Election officials Manual
(1996)
• "Pregnant women, the old or sickly voters or those with
disabilities" are included in list of voters who should vote without
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