General Right to Vote
Constitution:
See Article 114
Exclusion Based on Mental
Disability
Constitution:
Article 114, subsection (1) states: "A person who is a citizen of
Seychelles and has attained the age of eighteen years is entitled to be registered
as a voter unless the person is disqualified from registration under an Act
on the ground of (a) infirmity of mind."
Electoral Law:
(1996: Elections Act)
Section 5, subsection (1) states, "Every citizen of Seychelles entitled
to be registered as a voter under article 114 of the Constitution shall, if
the citizen resides in an electoral area, be registered as a voter in that area
unless the citizen
(b) is under any written law, adjudged or otherwise
declared to be of unsound mind or detained as a criminal lunatic or at the pleasure
of the President
"
Specific Inclusion of
People with Disabilities
Constitution:
Article 36 states: "The State recognizes the right of the aged and
the Right of the disabled to special protection and with a view to ensuring
the effective exercise of this right undertakes (a) to make reasonable provision
for improving quality of life of and for the welfare and maintenance of the
aged and disabled; (b) to promote programs specifically aimed at achieving the
greatest possible development of the disabled."
Voter Assistance by Other
Citizens
Electoral Law:
(1996: Elections Act)
Section 25, subsection (3) states, "Where a voter is incapacitated
by blindness, or other physical cause
the voter shall, after receiving
the ballot paper or the ballot papers, as the case may be, enter the compartment
or place designated for the purpose by the Electoral Officer and a person selected
by the voter and in the presence of the person selected direct the Electoral
Officer how the vote is to be cast and the Electoral Officer shall in the presence
of the person selected mark the ballot paper or the ballot papers, of the voter
accordingly, fold the ballot paper or ballot papers in such manner as not to
reveal the identity of the candidate for whom the vote has been recorded and
after leaving the compartment or the place designated for the purpose by the
Electoral Officer with the voter and the other person place the ballot paper
or ballot papers in the ballot box provided for this purpose and the voter shall,
for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to have voted."