General Right to Vote
Constitution
(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"

Electoral Law
On the Election of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan
(1994, last amended 2006)

• Article 2 states, “Persons who have reached the age of 18 shall have the right to participate in the election of the President of the republic.”

On Elections to the Majlisi Oli of the Republic of Tajikistan
(1994, last amended 2004)

• Article 4 states, “Citizens of the Republic of Tajikistan who have attained the age of 18 years by the time of elections, have the right to vote...”

Exclusion Based on Intellectual Disability
Constitution
(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
On the Election of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan
(1994, last amended 2006)

• Article 2 states, “Persons who are recognized incapable by court or confined shall have no right to participate in the election of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan.”

On Elections to the Majlisi Oli of the Republic of Tajikistan
(1994, last amended 2004)

• Article 2, paragraph 2 states, “Persons recognized incapable of kept in places of detention by decision of court do not have the right to participate in elections.”
• Article 35 states, “For registration of candidates the following documents are submitted to the election commissions...6. Medical certificate on mental health.”

Voter Assistance
Electoral Law
On the Election of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan
(1994, last amended 2006)

• Article 31 states, “Those voters who cannot fill ballots on their own have right by their wish to invite another person into the voting booth or room, with the exception of election commission members.”

Off-Site Voting
Electoral Law
On the Election of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan
(1994, last amended 2006)

• Article 9, paragraph 3 states, “Polling stations can be organized in clinics, rest homes, hospitals and other health facilities...These polling stations shall be attached to the constituencies in the territory of which they are located.”
• Article 30, paragraph 6 states, “In cases when some voters due to the health or other conditions cannot come to the polling premises, the polling station commission by their request shall commission at least two commission members to organize voting at their homes.”

On Elections to the Majlisi Oli of the Republic of Tajikistan
(1994, last amended 2004)

• Article 22, paragraph 2 states, “Polling stations may be formed at ...sanatoriums, rest houses, hospitals and other in-patient medical institutions.”

• Constitution - http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/untc/unpan003670.htm
• Electoral Laws - http://www.legislationline.org/topics/country/49/topic/6