General Right to Vote
Electoral Law:
(1986: Law of Elections to House of Deputies)
Article 3, section (A) states: "Every Jordanian, who has completed
19 Solar years of his age has the right to elect members of the House of Deputies
if his name is registered in one of the Final Electoral Lists."
Article 3, section (B) states: "The right to vote shall be denied
to
(3) Anyone who has been interdicted for his person and the interdiction
has not been lifted, or for any other reason and the interdiction has not been
lifted."
Exclusion Based on Mental
Disability
Constitution:
(updated 1993)
Article 28, part (e) states: "No person shall ascend to the Throne
unless he is
mentally sound
"
Article 75 section (1) states: "No person shall become a Senator
or Deputy
(g) who is insane or an imbecile."
Voter Assistance by Other
Citizens
Electoral Law:
(1986: Law of Elections to House of Deputies)
Article 46, section (B) states: "
An illiterate Voter may ask
the Chairman of the Balloting Panel to write the names of the Candidates the
Elector wishes to elect; after having written down the names, the Chairman shall
read the names out within earshot of the Balloting Panel."