Best Practices

Nicaragua

The Nicaraguan Association for Community Integration (ASNIC), an affiliate of Inclusion International, orgnanized an election monitoring effort by 115 citizens with disabilities as part of election monitoring for the November 2001 Presidential elections. The monitors included 12 men and women with intellectual disabilities, the first time in any nation where citizens with intellectual disabilities served as election monitors. (Funded by IFES under a grant from Sweden).

Laws and Regulations: Nicaragua

Ocampo, Roberto Leal and Diane Richler. "Extending the Franchise"
"Every Vote Counts", Elections TodayVol. 10, No. 1
Winter, 2001

"Intellectually Disabled Individuals Observe Nicaraguan National Elections" November 13, 200, IFES Press Release