Seychelles
General Right to
Vote
Constitution:
See Article 114
Exclusion Based
on Mental Disability
Constitution:
Article 114, subsection (1) states: "A person who is a citizen
of Seychelles and has attained the age of eighteen years is entitled to
be registered as a voter unless the person is disqualified from registration
under an Act on the ground of (a) infirmity of mind."
Electoral Law:
(1996: Elections Act)
Section 5, subsection (1) states, "Every citizen of Seychelles
entitled to be registered as a voter under article 114 of the Constitution
shall, if the citizen resides in an electoral area, be registered as a
voter in that area unless the citizen
(b) is under any written law,
adjudged or otherwise declared to be of unsound mind or detained as a
criminal lunatic or at the pleasure of the President
"
Specific Inclusion
of People with Disabilities
Constitution:
Article 36 states: "The State recognizes the right of the
aged and the Right of the disabled to special protection and with a view
to ensuring the effective exercise of this right undertakes (a) to make
reasonable provision for improving quality of life of and for the welfare
and maintenance of the aged and disabled; (b) to promote programs specifically
aimed at achieving the greatest possible development of the disabled."
Voter Assistance
by Other Citizens
Electoral Law:
(1996: Elections Act)
Section 25, subsection (3) states, "Where a voter is incapacitated
by blindness, or other physical cause
the voter shall, after receiving
the ballot paper or the ballot papers, as the case may be, enter the compartment
or place designated for the purpose by the Electoral Officer and a person
selected by the voter and in the presence of the person selected direct
the Electoral Officer how the vote is to be cast and the Electoral Officer
shall in the presence of the person selected mark the ballot paper or
the ballot papers, of the voter accordingly, fold the ballot paper or
ballot papers in such manner as not to reveal the identity of the candidate
for whom the vote has been recorded and after leaving the compartment
or the place designated for the purpose by the Electoral Officer with
the voter and the other person place the ballot paper or ballot papers
in the ballot box provided for this purpose and the voter shall, for the
purposes of this Act, be deemed to have voted."
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