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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."