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Uzbekistan

General Right to Vote
Constitution
(1992)
• 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…"

Exclusion Based on Mental Disability
Electoral Law:
(1994: Elections to the Oliy Majlis)
• Article 2 states: "… Citizens who have been legally certified as insane…may neither vote nor be eligible for election."

Exclusion Based on Physical Disability
Constitution:
(1994)
• 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 by Other Citizens
Electoral Law:
(1994: Elections to the Oliy Majlis)
• Article 39 states: "… A voter who cannot fill in the ballot paper himself may invite into the booth or room another person at his discretion, except members of the electoral committee…. If a voter cannot arrive at the polling station due to bad health or for some other reason the ward committee, at his request, shall entrust committee members with arranging the poll in the place of his stay."

 
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