General Right to Vote
Constitution:
(1993)
• Article 2 states, "Suffrage should be direct or indirect. It is always universal, equal, and secret. All Senegalese nationals of both sexes, who have reached the age of 18, who enjoy their civil and political rights, are electors within the conditions determined by the law."

Exclusion Based on Mental Disability
Electoral Law:
(1992)
• Article L3 states, "The following should not be registered: 7) major incapables."
• Article L34 of Chapter 3 states, "All Senegalese should make an application form and being under reserve of the conditions of age or a case of incapacity or ineligibility as seen before the law."
• Article L130 states, "Ineligible voters are: 2) The people placed under guardianship or curatorship by a court of justice."

Voter Assistance by Other Citizens
Electoral Law:
(1992)
• Article L52 states, "All electors suffering from an infirmity which makes it impossible to introduce the ballot into the envelope or to place the envelope in the ballot box; may request and authorize someone of their choice or an election official to assist them."