General Right to Vote
Constitution:
(1996)
See sections 57 and 58.
Exclusion Based on Mental
Disability
Constitution:
(1996)
Section 54 states: "No person shall be qualified to be elected as
a member of the House of Representatives
(e) if he is interdicted or incapacitated
for any mental infirmity or for prodigality by a court in Malta, or is otherwise
determined in Malta to be of unsound mind..."
Section 58 states: "No person shall be qualified to be registered
as a voter for the election of members of the House of Representatives if (a)
he is interdicted or incapacitated for any mental infirmity or for prodigality
by a court in Malta, or is otherwise determined in Malta to be of unsound mind..."
Voter Assistance by Other
Citizens
Electoral Law:
(1996)
Section 72, subsection (1) states: "Any voter who declares to, and
shows to the satisfaction of, the Assistant Commissioners that he is unable
by reason of blindness, other physical cause, or illiteracy to mark his ballot
paper, may request an Assistant Commissioner to mark the paper on his behalf
indicating for which candidate or candidates he wishes to vote and the order
in which he wishes to record his vote: provided that the voter may not ask for
any particular Assistant Commissioner to mark the ballot paper on his behalf."
Section 72, subsection (2) states: "The Assistant Commissioners
are bound to secrecy with regard to the voting of persons whom they have assisted
to vote."
Section 72, subsection (3) states: "There shall be not less than
two Assistant Commissioners present when the vote is being recorded under the
provisions of subsection (1) of this section, but no other person shall be allowed
in the room."
Section 72, subsection (40) states: "When an Assistant Commissioner
is authorized to assist a voter to record his vote, the Assistant Commissioner
shall require such voter to confirm his declaration on oath, and on satisfying
himself of the correctness of such declaration he shall record the vote of such
voter on the ballot paper
" A procedure is further laid out for the
taking of the vote.
Off-Site Voting Alternatives
Electoral Law:
(1996)
Part XII (Sections 80-84) discusses "Voting in Retirement Homes,"
which are defined as "such place or places principally used for the care
of elderly persons in which at least fifty voters reside."