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General Right to Vote
Constitution:
(27 January 1997)
• Article 1 states: "All citizens are born free and equal in the law. Discrimination due to race, ethnicity, origin, sex, color, language, religion, social position, political opinions, or born into wealth/poverty is prohibited by the law."
• Article 33 states: "Voting directly or indirectly is exercised within the provisions of the law. Voting directly is always performed equally, secretively, and universally."

Exclusion Based on Mental Disability
Electoral Law:
(1998)
• Article 29 states: "Anybody over the age of 18 years old and registered may vote as long as they are not incapacitated in the eyes of the law."
• Article 31 states: "The following are not allowed to register…3. Major incompetents, 4. Those who have lost their civic and political rights."

Voter Assistance by Other Citizens
Electoral Law:
(1998)
• Article 74 states: "Any infirm or handicapped voter may pick an assistant to aid in voting or a member of the bureau of voting."
Polling Manual:
(1998)
• "Assisted voting is permitted with the citizen's choice of an individual of their choosing or a member of the bureau of voting"(page 18).
• "One cannot vote by proxy"(page 18).