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General Right to Vote
Constitution:
(1991)
• Article 75, section (1) states: "Every citizen of Zambia who has attained the age of eighteen years shall, unless he is disqualified by Parliament from registration as a voter for the purposes of elections to the National Assembly, be entitled to be registered as such a voter under a law in that behalf, and no other person may be so registered."

Exclusion Based on Mental Disability
Constitution:
(1991)
• Article 65, section (1) states: "No person shall be qualified to be elected as a member of the National Assembly… (b) who is, under any law in force in Zambia, adjudged or otherwise declared to be of unsound mind…"
Electoral Law:
(1991)
• Section 4, subsection (1) states: "No person shall be qualified for registration as a voter in direct elections, and no person shall be registered as such a voter, who…(b) under any law in force in Zambia is adjudged or otherwise declared to be of unsound mind…"

Voter Assistance by Other Citizens
Electoral Law:
(1991)
• Section 17, subsection (2) states: "…the Commission may, by statutory instrument, make regulations providing for all or any of the following matters…(s) the manner in which persons who are blind, or otherwise incapacitated, may vote…"