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."