Switzerland

Table of Contents:

• General Right to Vote
• Exclusion or Potential Exclusion Based on Disability
• Candidacy or Holding Office

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Article 136, paragraph 1 states:

All Swiss citizens over the age of eighteen, unless they lack legal capacity due to mental illness or mental incapacity, have political rights in federal matters. All citizens have the same political rights and duties.

 

Excerpt from the Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation (1999, last amended 2013)

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Article 136, paragraph 1 states:

All Swiss citizens over the age of eighteen, unless they lack legal capacity due to mental illness or mental incapacity, have political rights in federal matters. All citizens have the same political rights and duties.

 

Article 143 states:

Any person eligible to vote may be elected to the National Council, the Federal Council or the Federal Supreme Court.

 

Excerpts from the Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation (1999, last amended 2013)

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Article 143 states:

Any person eligible to vote may be elected to the National Council, the Federal Council or the Federal Supreme Court.

 

Excerpt from the Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation (1999, last amended 2013)