General Right to Vote
Constitution:
(March 1992)
Article 1 states: "Guinea is a unified Republic indivisible, civil,
democratic, and social. She assures equality before the law of all citizens
without distinction of origin, race, ethnicity, sex, religion, or opinion."
Article 2 states: "Suffrage is universal, direct, equal, and secret."
Specific Inclusion of
People with Disabilities
Constitution:
(March 1992)
Article 17 states: "Youth are particularly protected against exploitation
and moral adornment. The elderly and handicapped benefit from the assistance
and the protection of society."
Exclusion Based on Mental
Disability
Electoral Law:
(March 1992)
Chapter 2, article L8 states: "The major incapable citizens and
those confined (specifically to mental institutions) are not permitted to register."
Poll Worker Manuals:
(1997)
Article L6 states: "Conditions for registering on the electoral
list excludes the patients at mental institutes and major incapables."
Exclusion Based on Physical
Disability
Electoral Law:
(March 1992)
Title 1, chapter 1, article 3 states: "No one may nominate a magistrate
unless the following condition have been examined: Guinea nationality, enjoys
civil and political rights, be of good morality, formal or an equivalent national
diploma of education, a diploma from law school, to be healthy from all contagious
and susceptible diseases leading to a long duration of illness."
Voter Assistance by Other
Citizens
Electoral Law:
(March 1992)
Chapter 2, article L79 states: "All voters who are infirm and find
it impossible to stuff the envelope may authorize someone of their choice to
assist."
Poll Worker Manuals:
(1998)
Page 11 states: "1.) If a voter is incapably handicapped to render
his/her vote with the envelope, can they vote? Yes, they may be assisted by
the person of their choice or but the president of the voting bureau."
Page 11 states: "7. What if the voter has no fingers or hands? If
a voter is totally incapable of imprint, he should designate a voter of his
choice to sign in his place. The president of the bureau may assist."
Off-Site Voting Alternatives
Electoral Law:
(March 1992)
Section 4, article L93 states: "Citizens should exert their rights
by proxy voting, the voters must fall into one of these categories: 1.) Military,
paramilitary, or voters legally absent from where they are registered 2.) Employees
traveling regularly 3.) Hospital patients or people at assisted living residences
4.) Invalids and greatly ill people."
Article L95 states: "The proxy vote is given to all included in
article 93 as long as they are authorized legally competent."
Voter Assistance using
Adaptive Techniques
Poll Worker Manuals:
(1998)
Page 11 states: "A thumbprint may count as a signature and the vote
shall not be discarded."