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General Right to Vote
Constitution:
(1926, updated 1947)
• Article 21 states: "Every Lebanese citizen who has reached his twenty-first year and fulfills the conditions set forth by the electoral law shall have the right to vote."

Exclusion Based on Mental Disability
Electoral Law:
(source: IPU)
• Disqualifications from voting: deprivation of civil rights or of right to hold a certain rank, placement in mental institutions

Exclusion Based on Physical Disability
Electoral Law:
(source: IPU)
• Eligibility for office: ability to read and write