General Right to Vote
Constitution
(2001)

• Article 3 states, “...Suffrage may be direct or indirect. It shall always be universal, equal and secret. All Senegalese nationals of either sex who have attained the age of 18 years and enjoy civil and political rights, shall be eligible to vote under the conditions determined by law.”

Exclusion Based on Intellectual Disability
Electoral Law
Electoral Code
(1992, last modified 2009)

• Article L.26 states, "The following should not be registered: 7) major incapables."
• Article L152 states, "Ineligible voters are: 2) The people placed under guardianship or curatorship by a court of justice."

Voter Assistance
Electoral Law
Electoral Code
(1992, last modified 2002)

• Article L76 states, "All electors suffering from an infirmity which makes it impossible to introduce the ballot into the envelope or to place the envelope in the ballot box; may request and authorize someone of their choice or an election official to assist them."

• Constitution - http://www.gouv.sn/spip.php?rubrique17
• Electoral Law - http://www.elections.sn/data/code_electoral_2009.pdf