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• Total examination of election law needed by Greek-speaker

General Right to Vote
Constitution:
(1960)
• Article 31 states, "Every citizen has, subject to the provisions of this Constitution and any electoral law of the Republic or of the relevant Communal Chamber made thereunder, the right to vote in any election held under this Constitution or any such law."

Exclusion Based on Mental Disability
Constitution:
(1960)
• Article 40 states, "A person shall be qualified to be a candidate for election as President Vice-President of the Republic if at the time of election such person…(d) is not suffering from a mental disease incapacitating such person from acting as President or Vice-President of the Republic."
• Article 64 states, "A person shall be qualified to be a candidate for election as a Representative if at the time of the election that person…(d) is not suffering from a mental disease incapacitating such person from acting as a Representative."