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
"