General Right to Vote
Constitution
(1992, as amended 2003)

• Article 77 states, "...Citizens of the Republic of Uzbekistan who have, by the date of election, reached the age of 25 years, possess the right to be elected to the Parliament of the Republic of Uzbekistan..."
• Article 117 states, “All citizens of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall have the right to elect and to be elected to representative bodies of state power.  Every citizen shall have only one vote. Suffrage, equality and free will shall be guaranteed by law...All citizens of the Republic of Uzbekistan over the age of 18 shall be eligible to vote.”

Electoral Law
Elections of the Oily Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan
(2003)

• Article 2, paragraph 1 states, “Election of deputies of the Legislative Chamber shall be universal. Citizens of the Republic of Uzbekistan (hereinafter-citizens), who have attained the age of eighteen years old on the day of elections shall have the right to elect.”

Election to Provincial, District, City (Town) Kenghashes of People’s Deputies
(1994)

• Article 2, paragraph 1 states, “Citizens of the Republic of Uzbekitan, who have reached the age of 18 by election day, shall be eligible for vote.”

Exclusion Based on Intellectual Disability
Constitution
(1992, as amended 2003)

• Article 117 states, “Citizens who have been legally certified as insane, as well as persons in prison according to a judgement of the court may neither vote nor be eligible for election.”

Electoral Law
Elections of the Oily Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan
(2003)

• Article 2, paragraph 3 states, “Citizens, ruled incapable by court, and held in the penitentiary facilities serving court sentences shall not be elected and shall not participate in elections.”

Elections to Provincial, District, City (Town) Kenghashes of People’s Deputies
(1994)

• Article 2, paragraph 2 states, “Citizens, who have been legally certified as insane, as well as persons in prisons, may be eligible neither for vote nor the election.”

Exclusion Based on Physical Disability
Constitution
(1992, as amended 2003)

• Article 90 states, "Any citizen of the Republic of Uzbekistan who...is in full command of the state language...shall be eligible for the post of President of the Republic of Uzbekistan."

Voter Assistance
Electoral Law
Elections of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan
(2003)

• Article 41, paragraph 1 states, “Voter unable to fill in the ballot himself may invite at his discretion another person to the booth or room except the members of the electoral commission, observers, and authorized persons.”

Elections to Provincial, District, City (Town) Kenghashes of People’s Deputies
(1994)

• Article 38, paragraph 1 states, “Voter, who is unable to fill in voting paper himself, shall have the right to invite into booth or room another person at his discretion, except members of electoral committee, observers and proxies.”

Off-Site Voting
Electoral Law
Elections of the Oily Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan
(2003)

• Article 8, paragraph 2 states, “Electoral wards may be established at...hospitals and other boarding treatment facilities...These electoral wards shall be included in the electoral district of their location.”
• Article 41, paragraph 5 states, “In case of some voters unable to come to election premises due to the health or other reasons, ward electoral commission shall assign the members of the commission to organize voting in the place of these voters.”

Elections to Provincial, District, City (Town) Kenghashes of People’s Deputies
(1994)

• Article 38, paragraph 6 states, “In the event voters cannot arrive at voting building due to bad health or some other reason, the polling station committee, at their request shall entrust committee members with arranging the poll in their place of stay.”

• Constitution - http://www.eicee.org/pix/pdf/uzbekistan.pdf
• All Electoral Laws - http://www.legislationline.org/topics/country/55/topic/6