General Right to Vote
Constitution:
(21 October 1998)
• Article 45, section (1) states, "Every citizen who has reached the
age of 18, even on the date of the elections, has the right to elect and to
be elected."
Electoral Law:
(8 May 2000)
• Article 6, section (1) states, "Every Albanian citizen who has reached
the age of 18 on or before the election date, and who fulfills the conditions
provided in this Code, has the right to vote for elections to the Assembly,
local government organs and in referenda."
Exclusion Based on Mental
Disability
Constitution:
(21 October 1998)
• Article 27, section (2) states, "The liberty of a person may not
be limited, except in the following cases…(d) when a person is the carrier
of a contagious disease, mentally incompetent and dangerous to society…"
• Article 45, section (2) states, "citizens who have been declared
mentally incompetent by a final court decision do not have the right to elect."
Electoral Law:
(8 May 2000)
• Article 6, section (2) states, "Citizens declared by final judicial
decision as incapable of acting because of mental inability are excluded from
the right to vote."
Voter Assistance By Other
Citizens
Electoral Law:
(8 May 2000)
• Article 100, section (1) states, "A voter who, for physical reasons,
is unable to vote for himself, may request the help of another voter who is
on the list of voters for that polling unit. Both voters must be present in
the voting center when this procedure is used."
• Article 100, section (2) states, "A person may help only one voter
who cannot vote himself."
• Article 100, section (3) states, "Before marking the ballot, a person
who assists another voter makes a declaration in the official record that he
will mark the ballot as instructed and has not assisted any other voter."
• Article 100, section (4) states, "No members of the election commissions
of any level may help voters who are unable to vote themselves."
• Article 100, section (5) states, "The mark selection on the ballot
must be made in the voting booth."
Off-Site Voting Alternatives
Electoral Law:
(8 May 2000)
• Article 2, section (2) defines "special institutions" as "…prisons,
places of pre-detention, hospitals or other health institutions that accept
patients for more than three days."
• Article 59, section (1) states, "For general referenda and elections,
two days prior to the date of voting, the director of the special institution
prepares a list of voters and delivers it to the ZEC."
• Article 59, section (2) states, "For local referenda and elections,
two days prior to the day of voting, the director of the special institution
prepares a list of those residents who are domiciled in the electoral unit where
the institution is located and delivers it to the LGEC."
• Article 103 states, "The voting in hospitals, prisons and places
of pre-detention and dormitories is carried out according to the rules for voting
centers contemplated in this Code and substatutory acts of the CEC."