Total examination of election law needed by French-speaker
General Right to Vote
Constitution:
(1992)
Article 6 states: '(1) Sovereignty shall belong to the people, who shall
exercise it through their representatives elected by direct or indirect universal
suffrage or through a referendum. No faction or individual may usurp the exercise
of sovereignty. (2) All citizens, of both sexes, who possess civil and political
rights shall be electors under conditions determined by law. (3) Electoral status
may be removed only by judicial decision.
Specific Inclusion of
People with Disabilities
Constitution:
(1992)
Article 30 states: "Through social agencies, the State shall attempt
to provide for the needs of every citizen who, by reason of age or physical
or mental handicap, is unable to work."
Exclusion Based on Mental
Disability
Electoral Law:
(source: IPU)
Disqualifications from voting: guardianship, insanity