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General Right to Vote
Constitution:
(updated, 1990)
Section 64 states: "Every Tongan subject of twenty-one years of
age or more
being a male or female can read and write and is not insane
or imbecile and is not disabled by the twenty-third clause shall be entitled
to vote in an election for representatives of the people to the Legislative
Assembly."
Exclusion Based on Mental
Disability
Constitution:
(updated, 1990)
Section 35 states: "No person shall succeed to the Crown of Tonga
who has been found guilty of a felony or who is insane or imbecile."
Section 63, subsection (1) states, "No person shall succeed to the
position of a noble who is insane or imbecile or who is disabled by the twenty-third
clause."
Section 64 states: "Every Tongan subject of twenty-one years of
age or more
being a male or female can read and write and is not insane
or imbecile and is not disabled by the twenty-third clause shall be entitled
to vote in an election for representatives of the people to the Legislative
Assembly."
Exclusion Based on Physical
Disability
Constitution:
(updated, 1990)
Section 64 states: "Every Tongan subject of twenty-one years of
age or more
being a male or female can read and write and is not insane
or imbecile and is not disabled by the twenty-third clause shall be entitled
to vote in an election for representatives of the people to the Legislative
Assembly."