Equatorial Guinea
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General Right to Vote
Electoral Law:
(1995)
• Article 2 states: "The power of the State is invested in people by the right of the universal voting."
• Article 4 states: "All citizens of Equatorial Guinea, without gender discrimination, who are 18 years old and older, and who are not legally disqualified, can vote."

Exclusion Based on Mental Disability
Electoral Law:
(1995)
• Article 8 states: "Citizens who fall under following points cannot be registered in the Electoral Registry nor vote…(g) those who have been disqualified from voting by a court order; those who are mentally disabled and inmates of psychiatric wards."

Exclusion Based on Disability
Constitution:
(1992)
• Article 43 states: "The President will lose his/her powers if…(c) He/she is disabled permanently -- either physically or mentally…
• Article 57 states: "The Vice-President will lose his/her powers if…(c) He/she is disabled permanently -- either physically or mentally."

Voter Assistance by Other Citizens
Electoral Law:
(1995)
• Article 91 states: "No one can enter a voting center bearing arms, sticks, canes or umbrellas. An exception is made for physically disabled who are publicly known to need physical aid. However, they cannot bear arms or logs. They, also, should not stay inside a voting center for longer than it is needed to cast a vote."
Poll Worker Manuals:
(1995)
• Under "At the Voting Polls," it states: "Only voters, who cannot read or due to physical disability cannot fill out and deliver a ballot to the President of a poll station, can ask a person whom they trust to perform these tasks for them."