General Right to Vote
Constitution:
(1978)
• See section 33

Exclusion Based on Mental Disability
Electoral Law:
(1991: Registration of Electors Act)
• Section 6 states "A person is disqualified from being registered as an elector and shall not be so registered if he: (a) is a person found or declared to be a person of unsound mind or a patient in any establishment maintained wholly or mainly for the reception and treatment of persons suffering from mental illness or mental defectiveness by virtue of any written law."

Exclusion Based on Physical Disability
Constitution:
(3 November 1978)
• Article 31, section (1) states: "…a person shall be qualified to be elected as a Representative if, and shall not be qualified to be so elected unless, he…(c) is able to speak, and, unless incapacitated by blindness or other physical cause, to read English well enough to take an active part in the proceedings of the House."
Voter Assistance By Other Citizens
Electoral Law:
(1991: House of Assembly Act)
• Section 36, subsection (3) states that "An elector who is incapacitated by any physical cause other than blindness from voting in the manner prescribed by this Act, may apply to the presiding officer to adopt one of the following modes of voting: (a) The elector may request the presiding officer to mark his ballot paper on his behalf…and shall…assist the elector by marking his ballot paper in the manner directed by the elector and shall place the ballot paper in the ballot box: if so requested by the elector, the presiding officer shall mark the ballot paper in the presence of the poll clerk and of the sworn agents of the candidates or any of them but of no other person…"
• Section 36, subsection (3) continues: "(b) alternatively, the elector may apply to the presiding officer to be allowed to vote with the assistance of another person by whom he is accompanied…" A description of this procedure follows, along with the oath the "companion" must take. Subsection (4) discusses qualifications of the companion.
• Section 36, subsection (5) describes a similar procedure for blind voters.
• Included are Forms 23 "Oath of Incapacitated Elector," Form 24 "Oath of Blind Elector," Form 25 "Oath of Friend of Incapacitated Elector," and Form 26 "Oath of Friend of Blind Elector."