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Tajikistan
General Right to
Vote
Constitution
(6 November 1994)
Article 27 states, "Each citizen has the right, directly or
through representatives, to participate in political life and in the governing
of the state. Each citizen has equal rights to government service. Each
citizen, upon reaching 18 years of age, has the right to elect and be
elected. Persons who are declared by a court to be incompetent or who
are being detained in prison by the verdict of a court do not have the
right to participate in elections or referenda. Elections and referenda
are carried out on the basis of general, equal, and direct voting rights
by secret ballot"
Exclusion Based
on Mental Disability
Constitution:
(6 November 1994)
Article 27 states: "
Every citizen has the right to elect
or to be elected from the age of 18. Citizens deemed incompetent by a
court or who have been deprived of liberty in accordance with a court
sentence do not have the right to take part in elections and referenda."
Electoral Law:
(1994: Elections to Presidency)
Article 2 states: "Citizens of the Republic of Tajikistan
who have reached the age of 18 may participate in voting for the president
of the Republic of Tajikistan. The following persons may not participate
in voting for the president of the Republic of Tajikistan: persons who
have been found mentally incompetent by a court
"
Off-Site Voting
Alternatives
Electoral Law:
(1999: Elections to the Majlisi Oli)
Article 42, paragraph (6) states, "A voter shall fill in the
ballot-paper no other persons shall be present except for the voter. A
voter who unable fill in a ballot-paper by himself has a right to invite
another person to the polling booths or room on his/her discretion except
members of the election commission, observers, media representatives."
(1994: Elections to Presidency)
Article 30, paragraph(5) states: "In the event that individual
voters, due to problems with their health or other reasons, are unable
to come to the building for voting, the Polling Place Electoral Commission
at the voter's request may assign no fewer than two members of the Commission
to organize the voting at the place where the voters are located."
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