General Right to Vote
Constitution:
(1996)
• Article 10 states: "The people choose his representatives freely. The representation of the people has can only be limited by the Constitution and the electoral law."
• Article 29 states: "Citizens are equal before the law without discrimination regarding birth, race, sex, opinion, all other personal or social conditions or circumstances."

Exclusion Based on Mental Disability
Electoral Law:
(1996)
• Article 7 states, "May not be registered on voter rolls…People who are committed to an institution and people who are barred."
• Article 73 states: "To be eligible with the Presidency of the Republic, the candidate must…enjoy civil and political rights."

Voter Assistance By Other Citizens
Electoral Law:
(1996)
• Article 50 states, "Any voter, afflicted with a physical disability and as a result of which he or she is unable to insert his ballot in the envelope and place such envelope in the ballot box, shall be allowed to secure the assistance of a person of his or her choice."

Medical Certificate Submission
Electoral Law
(1996)
• Article 157 states, "…The nomination papers shall be accompanied with a file comprised of the following documents…7- a medical certificate issued in the name of the interested party by physicians under oath…"

Voting by Proxy
Electoral Law:
(1996)
• Article 62 states, "Any voter falling within any one of the following categories may, upon his or her request, exercise his right to vote by proxy: 1- patients hospitalized or under home care; 2- persons seriously disabled and the infirm…"