General Right to Vote
Constitution
(1979)

• Section 33, subsection (2) states, "(a) Every Commonwealth citizen of the prescribed age who possesses such qualifications relating to residence or domicile in Saint Lucia as Parliament may prescribe shall, unless he is disqualified by Parliament from registration as a voter for the purpose of electing members of the House, be entitled to be registered as such a voter in accordance with the provisions of any law in that behalf, and no other person may be so registered, (b) Every person who is registered as aforesaid in any constituency shall, unless he is disqualified by Parliament from voting in that constituency in any election of member so the House, be entitled so to vote, in accordance with the provisions of any law in that behalf, and no other person may so vote."

Exclusion Based on Mental Disability
Constitution
(1979)

• Section 26, subsection (1) states, "No person shall be qualified to be appointed as a Senator if at the date of his appointment, he...(d) is a person certified to be insane or otherwise adjudged to be of unsound mind under any such law..."
•  Section 32, subsection (1) states, "A person shall not be qualified to be elected as a member of the House...if he...(d) is a person certified to be insane or otherwise adjudged to be of unsound mind under any such law..."

Electoral Law
Elections Act
(1979, revised 2001)

• Section 13 states, "A person is disqualified from being registered as an elector who (a) is a person certified to be insane or otherwise adjudged to be of unsound mind under any enactment in force in Saint Lucia..."
• Form 8 “Statutory Declaration of a Peron Nominated as a Candidate for Election as a Member of the House of Assembly” includes the statement, “(g) I am not a person certified to be insane or otherwise adjudged to be of unsound mind under any law in force in any part of the Commonwealth.”
• Form 8A “Statutory Declaration of Agent of a Person Nominated as a Candidate for Elections as a Member of the House of Assembly” includes the statement, “(h) I am not a person certified to be insane or otherwise adjudged to be of unsound mind under any law in force in any part of the Commonwealth.”
• Form 2 “Registration Notice” states, “(d) a person is not entitled to be registered as an elector in any electoral district who...(iii) is a person adjudged to be of unsound mind under any law in force in the State.”

Exclusion Based on Physical Disability
Constitution
(1979)

• Section 25 states, "Subject to the provisions of section 26 of this Constitution, a person shall be qualified to be appointed as a Senator if, and shall not be so qualified unless, he...(c) is able to speak and, unless incapacitated by blindness or other physical cause, to read the English language with sufficient proficiency to enable him to take an active part in the proceedings of the Senate."
• Section 31 states, "Subject to the provisions of section 32 of this Constitution, a person shall be qualified to be appointed as a member of the House if, and shall not be so qualified unless, he...(c) is able to speak and, unless incapacitated by blindness or other physical cause, to read the English language with sufficient proficiency to enable him to take an active part in the proceedings of the House."

Voter Assistance
Electoral Law
Elections Act
(1979, revised 2001)

• Section 59, subsection (2) states, “...but shall not inquire or see for whom the elector intends to vote except when the elector is unable to vote in the manner provided by this Act on account of blindness or other physical incapacity.”
• Section 60, subsection (3) states, "The presiding officer, on the application of any elector who is incapacitated, from any physical cause other than blindness, from voting in the manner prescribed by this Act, shall require the elector making such application to make oath in Form No. 17...of his incapacity to vote without assistance, and shall thereafter assist such elector by marking his ballot paper in the manner directed by such elector in the presence of the poll clerk and of the sworn agents of the candidates and of no other person, and shall place such ballot in the ballot box."
• Section 60, subsection (4) states, "The presiding officer shall either deal with a blind elector in the same manner as with an otherwise incapacitated elector, or, at the request of any blind elector who has taken the oath in Form No. 18...and is accompanied by a friend who is a elector in the polling division, shall permit such friend to accompany the blind elector into the voting compartment and mark the elector's ballot paper for him. No person shall at any election be allowed to act as such friend to more than one blind elector."
• Section 60, subsection (5) states that any friend who marks the ballot paper for a blind voter is first required to fill out Form No. 19.
• Section 60, subsection (6) states "whenever any elector has had his ballot paper marked as provided in subsection (3) or (4), the poll clerk shall enter into the poll book opposite the elector's name...the reason why such ballot paper was so marked.”
• Oath of Incapacitated Elector, Oath of Blind Elector, and Oath of Friend of Blind Elector are all included on p. 98.

Elections Regulations
(1978, revised 2001)

• Section 10, subsection (2) states, “If by reason of illiteracy or physical disability an applicant is unable to fill out an application form, the registration officer or enumerator shall assist the applicant by entering on his or her behalf the particulars required on the application form and the applicant shall make his or her mark thereon which shall be witnessed by the registration officer or enumerator.”
• Section 11, subsection (7) states, “The registration officer or enumerator shall...(b) require the applicant, unless he or she is unable to do so by reason of illiteracy or physical disability to read the Master Registration Card and sign that card in ink and by means of carbon, the Polling Station Card.”
• Section 12, subsection (4) states, “Where a person who is being registered is unable to sign his or her name because of illiteracy or physical disability he or she shall subject to subregulation (5) make a mark or impression in ink on the Master Registration Card and on the Polling Station Card which impression may be made in the following ways --

(a) with his or her right thumb; or
(b) with his or her left thumb should he or she not have a right thumb; or
(c) with any other finger should he or she not have any thumb.

• Constitution - http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/americas/LC/Saint%20Lucia%20Constitution%201978.pdf/view
• Elections Act - http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/americas/LC/saint-lucia-electoral-legislation-electoral/view
• Elections Regulations - Same link as above