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General Right to Vote
Constitution:
(1992)
• Article 68, section (1) states, "The House of Representatives is composed of a minimum of 300 and a maximum of 400 Deputies elected by universal, free, equal, direct, and secret suffrage under the terms established by law."

Specific Inclusion of People with Disabilities
Constitution:
(updated 1992)
• Article 49 states "The public authorities shall implement a policy of prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and integration of those who are physically, sensorially, or mentally handicapped, who shall be given the special attention which they require and be afforded special protection for the enjoyment of the rights which this Title grants to all citizens."

Exclusion Based on Mental Disability
Electoral Law:
(1999)
• Article 3.1 states: "The following persons cannot vote…(b) those who are declared incompetent by a Court of Law - provided that they are explicitly declared incapable of voting, (c) the inmates of psychiatric wards placed there by judicial decree and explicitly declared by a judge incapable of voting…"