General Right to Vote
Constitution:
• Article 38 "Electoral Rights" states: "Citizens of the Republic of Belarus shall have the right to vote freely and to be elected to state bodies on the basis of universal, equal, and direct suffrage by secret ballot."
• No mention of limits on participation or special provisions for disabled in Constitution

Exclusion Based on Mental Disability
Electoral Law:
(1995)
• Article 1 states: "Any limitations, be they direct or indirect, of the electoral rights of the citizens of the Republic of Belarus based on nationality, ethnicity, origin, socio-economic status, sex, education, language, religion, time of residence in a certain area, family and character are prohibited. Citizens who were declared incompetent by a Court of Law or are imprisoned by orders of a Court of Law cannot participate in elections. Citizens who are under constant guard due to a criminal offence cannot vote."

Specific Inclusion of People With Disabilities
Electoral Law:
(1995)
• Article 9 states: "Political parties (electoral blocs from political parties), registered according to the Electoral Law of the Republic of Belarus, veteran organizations of the Republic of Belarus and handicap societies of the Republic, labor unions, teachers' and higher education unions, local electoral boards and electoral boards at military bases (of the citizens of the Republic of Belarus), and also voters who signed election lists, have the right to nominate deputy candidates."
• Article 34 states: "Political parties, veteran organizations of the Republic of Belarus, Handicap Society of the Republic of Belarus, Society for the Blind of the Republic of Belarus, and Society for the Deaf of the Republic of Belarus can nominate only one deputy candidate per each electoral district and with a restriction of having a registered primary political party organization or a community organization that is nominating a deputy candidate in the said electoral district."
• Article 43(1) states: "Deputy candidates for the Supreme Congress of the Republic of Belarus, political parties, electoral bloc s, veteran organizations of the Republic of Belarus, Handicap Society of the Republic of Belarus, Society for the Blind of the Republic of Belarus, and Society for the Deaf of the Republic of Belarus, communities, and voters who nominated the deputy candidates, have the equal right to use federal mass media…"

Voter Assistance by Other Citizens
Electoral Law:
(1995)
• Article 49 states: "…A registered voter who is unable to fill-out a ballot, has the right to invite another person into a cubicle or a room for assistance. However, members of the electoral commissions, deputy candidates and their agents cannot be asked to assist voters."

Off-Site Voting Alternatives
Electoral Law:
(1995)
• Article 17 states: "…Voter districts can be formed in sanatoriums and resorts, hospitals and other places of hospitalization…"
• Article 30 states: "…Voter lists from electoral districts, formed in sanatoriums and resorts, hospitals and other places of hospitalization, are collected on the basis of data provided by the directors of the above mentioned institutions."
• Article 47 states: "…Regional electoral commission formed at the military bases, sanatoriums, resorts, hospitals and other places of hospitalization can end elections at the time when all registered voters have submitted their ballots."