Exclusion Based on Mental Disability
Electoral Law:
(source: IPU)
• Disqualification from voting: insanity

Off-Site Voting Alternatives
Electoral Law:
(July 5, 1965)
• Article 50 states: "The Electoral Magistrate shall provide for registration proceedings within the headquarters of institutions for the protection of the blind, stating a date and time for this purpose. All blind persons of the Municipal district may register in the Polling division related thereto."

Promotes Access
Electoral Law:
(July 5, 1965)
• Article 49 states: "Blind persons who are literate by means of the Braille system, and who fulfill all other conditions for registration, may qualify by completing the printed form and inscribing their name using letters of the said alphabet."
• Article 150 states: "The blind elector may: (I) mark the individual ballot paper in plain alphabet letters, or in the Braille system; (II) mark the official form, also using either system; (III) use any mechanical element he may have brought with him, or which may be provided by the presiding officials, and which may allow him to exercise his right to vote."

Compulsory Vote Excusal
Electoral Law:
(July 5, 1965)
• Article 6 states: "Registration and voting are compulsory for Brazilians…except: (I) as regards registration: (a) disabled persons…(II) as regards voting: (a) persons who are ill."