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total countries/territories: 131
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Albania
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d. Mental disability
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Citizens declared by final judicial decision as incapable of acting because of mental disability are excluded from the right to vote.
Source:
Electoral Code, article 9.
Constitution, article 45.
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2005/03/30
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Algeria
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a. Criminal Incarceration
b. Previous Conviction
c. Detention
h. Other
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Source:
Electoral Law, art. 6 and 7
Updated on March 10, 2005
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2005/03/26
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American Samoa
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a. Criminal Incarceration
b. Previous Conviction
d. Mental disability
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For A. and B to be enforced the criminal violation must be of felony level.
Source:
Revised Constitution of American Samoa Article 2 Section 7
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2017/08/18
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Angola
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b. Previous Conviction
d. Mental disability
f. Multiple Citizenship
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Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_Angola
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2017/09/28
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Anguilla
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a. Criminal Incarceration
d. Mental disability
h. Other
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a) Is under sentence of death imposed on him by a court of law in any country or is under a sentence of imprisonment (by whatever name called) exceeding twelve months imposed on him by such a court or substituted by competent authority for some other sentence imposed on him by such a court, provided that the acts constituting the offence for which such sentence was imposed would, if committed in Anguilla, have constituted an offence under the law of Anguilla. No account shall be taken of a sentence of imprisonment imposed as an alternative to, or in default of the payment of, a fine;
b) Is a person certified to be insane or otherwise adjudged to be of unsound mind under any law in force in Anguilla;
h) Is disqualified for registration as a voter by any law in force in Anguilla relating to offences connected with elections.
Source:
Constitution, art. 44
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2007/02/15
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Argentina
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a. Criminal Incarceration
b. Previous Conviction
c. Detention
d. Mental disability
h. Other
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Deserters, those convicted of certain crimes and those declared legally insane are also excluded from exercising their franchise.
Source:
Electoral Code: “Código Electoral Nacional — Ley 19945”, art. 3: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/americas/AR/argentina-ley-19945-codigo-electoral-nacional-2019/ (2019)
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2021/12/26
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Armenia
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a. Criminal Incarceration
c. Detention
d. Mental disability
e. Military Service
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Citizens declared by a court judgment as lacking active legal capacity, as well as citizens sentenced –– by a court judgment entered into force –– to imprisonment and serving the punishment in a penitentiary institution, shall not be entitled to vote and to be elected.
Military servicemen undergoing compulsory military service or training musters, arrested or detained persons, as well as citizens not registered in the Republic of Armenia, may not participate in the voting at elections of local self-government bodies and elections to the National Assembly under the majoritarian electoral system.
Source:
Electoral Law: Electoral Code of Armenia (2011), art. 2:3 & 2:4
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2011/08/25
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Australia
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a. Criminal Incarceration
b. Previous Conviction
d. Mental disability
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Electoral Act (1918) Section 93:
(7) A person who is:
(a) within the meaning of the Migration Act 1958, the holder
of a temporary visa; or
(b) an unlawful non-citizen under that Act;
is not entitled to enrolment under Part VIII.
(8) A person who:
(a) by reason of being of unsound mind, is incapable of
understanding the nature and significance of enrolment and
voting; or
(c) has been convicted of treason or treachery and has not
been pardoned;
is not entitled to have his or her name placed on or retained on
any Roll or to vote at any Senate election or House of
Representatives election.
(8AA) A person who is serving a sentence of imprisonment for an
offence against the law of the Commonwealth or of a State or
Territory is not entitled to vote at any Senate election or House
of Representatives election.
Note: For the definition of sentence of imprisonment, see
subsection 4(1A).
Source:
Electoral Act (1918) Section 93
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2007/01/09
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Austria
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a. Criminal Incarceration
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Source:
Constitution, Art. 26
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2003/06/11
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Azerbaijan
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a. Criminal Incarceration
d. Mental disability
f. Multiple Citizenship
h. Other
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Persons who are incapacitated shall be deprived of active suffrage; criminals whose sentences have been enforced, or those who are criminalized by an international court shall not participate in voting during elections; those who have dual-citizenships or multiple citizenships (whose other citizenships have yet to expire) shall not participate in the electoral process. Citizens who are in airports, stations, or expeditions on the voting day shall not participate in voting either.
Foreigners and stateless persons are also inherently unable to participate in voting for any election.
Source:
Election Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan as amended in 2016, art. 12.4, art. 13.3.1-4, and art. 16.1: https://www.legislationline.org/download/id/7885/file/Azerbaijan_Election_am2017_en.pdf.
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2022/02/06
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Bahamas
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a. Criminal Incarceration
c. Detention
d. Mental disability
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The citizen should not be subject to any legal incapacity.
Source:
Elections Act, Art. 9-10
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2012/01/25
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Bahrain
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a. Criminal Incarceration
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A person is prohibited from practicing political rights if s/he is sentenced for a crime or incarcerated, until s/he finishes her/his sentence.
Source:
Decree number 14, 2002, Exercising Political Rights, part 1, article 3.
Updated on March 10, 2005
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2005/03/30
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Bangladesh
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d. Mental disability
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Source:
Constitution; Part VII; Article 122(2-GA)
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2004/08/20
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Barbados
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a. Criminal Incarceration
d. Mental disability
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a.) Death sentence imposed by any other Commonwealth country.
Source:
Representation of the People's Act, Ch. 12, Section 8.
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2003/06/10
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Belarus
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a. Criminal Incarceration
c. Detention
d. Mental disability
f. Multiple Citizenship
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d) Persons found incapable by the court.
Source:
Code on Elections, article 4.
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2002/08/21
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Belgium
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a. Criminal Incarceration
b. Previous Conviction
d. Mental disability
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All restrictions have to be declared by the judiciary.
a) and b) Applies to people convicted for a crime and sentenced to more than 4 months. They remain unable to vote for 6 years if sentenced to more than 4 months and for 12 years if sentenced to more than 3 years.
d) Applies to people enclosed in mental institutions. When released they regain their right to vote.
Source:
Constitution, Art. 61;
Electoral Code, Art. 1, 6, 7
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2012/05/04
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Belize
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a. Criminal Incarceration
d. Mental disability
h. Other
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The criminal incarceration refers to a sentence of imprisonment exceeding one year. An undischarged bankruptcy accusation is also a disqualification.
Source:
EL: 7.
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2003/11/25
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Benin
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a. Criminal Incarceration
c. Detention
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Le code prévoit plusieurs cas d'interdiction, surtout en matière de condamnation.
Source:
Article 6 de la loi 2000-18(code électoral)
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2005/01/19
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Bermuda
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a. Criminal Incarceration
c. Detention
d. Mental disability
h. Other
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h. Disqualified from voting under section 71 of the Parliamentary Act (1978).
Source:
Section 71, the Parliamentary Act (1978)
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2006/12/14
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Bolivia
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a. Criminal Incarceration
h. Other
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The citizenship rights are suspended:
- To take weapons or to lend services in enemy army in time of war.
- For defrauding of public flows or declared previous fraudulent bankruptcy, executory sentences and condemnatory to corporal punishment.
- To accept government functions abroad without permission of the Senate, except the positions and missions of the international organizations, religious, university charges and cultural in general.
Source:
Political Constitution, Art. 42
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2004/01/02
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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d. Mental disability
f. Multiple Citizenship
h. Other
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f: Only if Bosnia and Herzegovina is not the country of his/her permanent address.
h: Individuals convicted of genocide, crimes against humanity, or war crimes
Source:
Election Law, Article 1. Paragraph (5)-(6), Article 18. Paragraph (8)-(9)
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2025/06/23
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Brazil
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a. Criminal Incarceration
c. Detention
e. Military Service
h. Other
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Source:
Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Article 14 (2,4,7,9), 15:
https://www.tse.jus.br/legislacao/codigo-eleitoral/constituicao-federal/constituicao-da-republica-federativa-do-brasil
Electoral Code - Law No. 4,737, of July 15, 1965, Article 5, 6:
https://www.tse.jus.br/legislacao/codigo-eleitoral/codigo-eleitoral-1/codigo-eleitoral-lei-nb0-4.737-de-15-de-julho-de-1965
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2024/10/16
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Bulgaria
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a. Criminal Incarceration
d. Mental disability
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Source:
Constitution and other Electoral Laws
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2007/01/31
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Cameroon
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a. Criminal Incarceration
b. Previous Conviction
c. Detention
d. Mental disability
h. Other
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Any person who
- has been convicted of a felony, even by default;
- has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment, without suspension,of more than 3 (three) months;
- has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment, accompanied by suspension of sentence or probation, of more than 6 (six) months;
- is the subject of a warrant of arrest;
- is an un-discharged bankrupt who has been so adjudged either by a Cameroonian court or a foreign judgment enforceable
in Cameroon;
- is insane or of unsound mind,
Source:
Electoral Code Chapter I section 48: https://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/CM/cameroon-electoral-code-english-2012
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2018/11/05
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Canada
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a. Criminal Incarceration
h. Other
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The Chief Electoral Officer, the Assistant Chief Electoral Officer and, every person who is imprisoned in a correctional institution serving a sentence of two years or more are not entitled to vote.
Any person residing outside of the country for more than five consecutive years.
Source:
Electoral Law: Canada Elections Act, Clause 4 & 11
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2010/06/18
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Cape Verde
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d. Mental disability
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Source:
Fernando Monteiro, Member of the Electoral Commission, Cape Verde, fam(a)mailcvtelecom.cv
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2002/06/13
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Chile
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a. Criminal Incarceration
b. Previous Conviction
d. Mental disability
f. Multiple Citizenship
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Source:
Constitution, art 13-16
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2009/07/05
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Colombia
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a. Criminal Incarceration
b. Previous Conviction
e. Military Service
h. Other
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e. "members of the armed forces on active duty"
h. other: police
Source:
Constitución, art. 98 y 219
Código Electoral, art. 3 y 86
IPU
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2003/07/17
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Comoros
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a. Criminal Incarceration
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Source:
Commission electoral national indépendante, Art.15 "Code electoral" http://www.cenicomores.km/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Code-électoral-1.pdf, P.4, 12 avril 2014.
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2015/01/22
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Croatia
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d. Mental disability
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Electoral Code, article 4.
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2002/08/23
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Cyprus
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a. Criminal Incarceration
d. Mental disability
h. Other
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Source:
Constitution, Art. 31, 63;
Electoral Law 72 of 1979 as amended, Art. 6
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2012/04/26
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Czech Republic
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h. Other
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h.)
1. Limitation of personal freedom for the protection of public health (in case of stopping the spread of an infections disease);
2. Deprivation of the capacity to enter into legal acts.
Source:
Section 2 of the Electoral Act on Elections to Parliament (no. 247/1995 as amended)
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2006/11/29
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Denmark
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d. Mental disability
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A person who has been legally declared incompetent cannot vote.
Section 29, Constitution:
Subsection 1. Any Danish subject who is permanently domiciled in the Realm, and who has the age qualification for suffrage as provided for in Sub-section (2) of this section shall have the right to vote at Folketing elections, provided that he has not been declared incapable of conducting his own affairs. It shall be laid down by statute to what extent conviction and public assistance amounting to poor relief within the meaning of the law shall entail disenfranchisement.
Section 29, Subsection 1 explained:
People who have been declared legally incompetent are not entitled to vote. This could be due to mental illness or mental disability, for instance. However, people who receive financial assistance from a municipality or have been convicted of a crime no longer lose the right to vote. Neither the Constitutional Act nor any other Act mentions anything about the Queen’s or her family’s right to vote. However, in practice the Queen and her family do not vote. Nor are they listed in the electoral registers.
Source:
Constitution, Sec 29, Subsection 1. https://www.thedanishparliament.dk/~/media/pdf/publikationer/english/my_constitutional_act_with_explanations.ashx
Election Act, chapter 1, part 1, art. 1(1)
My Constitutional Act Ch. 4 sec. 29(1)
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2019/05/27
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Djibouti
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a. Criminal Incarceration
c. Detention
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Source:
electoral code article 6
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2005/04/01
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Dominica
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a. Criminal Incarceration
d. Mental disability
h. Other
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A person is disqualified from being registered as an elector if he is suffering from mental illness or mental defectiveness; if he is undergoing any sentence of imprisonment in Dominica; and if he is condemned to death by any court of the Commonwealth or if he was given a more than twelve-year sentence. Also, upon conviction for Election Officers.
Source:
REA: 6 and 61.
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2002/12/10
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Ecuador
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a. Criminal Incarceration
d. Mental disability
e. Military Service
h. Other
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Besides those enunciated, they are restricted for their inscription those people that have lost the nationality, those sanctioned with suspension of political laws and those that are in judicial interdiction. The military service, not alone when has the character of obligatory (20 years of age), but rather also for all the members of the public force that are in active service.
Source:
Organic Law of Elections, Art.38
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2003/11/25
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Egypt
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a. Criminal Incarceration
d. Mental disability
e. Military Service
g. Service on Judiciary
h. Other
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There are further restrictions on voting outlined in Articles 1, 2 and 3 of Law 73 on the Exercise of Political Rights..
Concerning voting in elections and referenda, article 1 states, “ . . . Officers and personnel of the main, subordinate, or additional forces of the army, as well as police officers and personnel shall be exempted from this duty throughout their service at the army or police. . .”
Article 2 states;
“The following subjects may not exercise political rights:
(1) Those convicted in relation to a criminal act, unless they have been rehabilitated.
(2) Those whose properties have been put under sequestration by a decision of the Court of Ethics, as long as the sequestration is imposed. In case a ruling has been handed down confiscating the property, depriving of exercising political rights shall be for a period of five years.
(3) DELETED
(4) Those sentenced to imprisonment in relation to a theft, hiding stolen objects, fraudulence, bad checks, breach of trust, betrayal, bribery, bankruptcy by fraud, forging or using forged documents, making false testament, seducing witness, rape, corrupting the youth, violating the public ethics, being a vagabond; or has been involved in a crime committed to evade the military and national service; also those sentenced for attempting one of the aforesaid crimes. This is unless the execution of the sentence has been stayed, or the convict has been rehabilitated.
(5) Those sentenced to imprisonment in relation to one of the crimes stated in articles 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 of this law. This is unless the execution of the sentence has been stayed, or the convict has been rehabilitated.
(6) Those who were dismissed from civil service for the state or the public sector for disgraceful reasons, until the elapse of five years after the dismissal date. This is unless the person has received a final ruling revoking the dismissal order or ordering compensation.
(7) DELETED”
Article 3 states;
“Exercising political rights shall be suspended for the following persons:
(1) Those placed under interdiction, throughout the period they are so.
(2) Those with mental diseases who are detained, throughout the period of their detention.
(3) Those declared bankrupt, for five years as of the date they have been so declared, unless they have been earlier rehabilitated.”
Source:
Law No. 73 on Exercising Political Rights.
Updated February 2007.
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2025/09/23
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Eritrea
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h. Other
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not serving a sentence by a court of law;
capable by law to perform his civil and political rights
Source:
Elections Act, art. 18
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2011/06/21
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Fiji
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a. Criminal Incarceration
d. Mental disability
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With regard to criminal incarceration - more than 12 months.
Metal disability refers to persons of "unsound mind".
Source:
Constitution, Section 55 (8)
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2003/07/01
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Finland
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i. Not applicable
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i) No restrictions
Source:
Constitution, Section 14: http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/kaannokset/1999/en19990731.pdf (2012);
Election Act 714/1998 as amended, Section 18
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2012/05/21
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France
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a. Criminal Incarceration
b. Previous Conviction
d. Mental disability
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Source:
Electoral Code, Art. L2, L5, L6
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2012/05/02
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French Guiana
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b. Previous Conviction
d. Mental disability
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b)"Specific convictions"; which means that you should be deprived of your right to vote and to be elected only as a side punishment to a conviction for certain kinds of felony in matters like electoral fraud, fiscal fraud and misuse of public resources. d. Adults who are under the responsability of other adults (= who are not considered fully responsible for their acts) cannot vote unless they have received a special authorization from the courts (Electoral code, article L.5).
Source:
Electoral code, article L.5
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2007/01/10
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French Polynesia
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a. Criminal Incarceration
c. Detention
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Source:
Electoral Code, Article L.7, LO129, LO130, L.117, paragraphs 13-17.
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2004/01/15
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Georgia
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a. Criminal Incarceration
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A citizen who, following a court judgment, is serving a sentence for a particularly serious crime in a penitentiary institution, or who has been recognized by a court decision as a beneficiary of support and admitted to an inpatient care facility, shall not have the right to participate in elections and referendums.
Source:
Constitution of Georgia, art. 24:
https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Georgia_2018?lang=en
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2024/07/25
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Germany
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d. Mental disability
h. Other
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A person shall be disqualified from voting if he or she is not eligible to vote owing to a judicial decision.
Source:
Federal Elections Act, Ch.3, Section 13
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2021/11/17
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Ghana
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d. Mental disability
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"...and of sound mind has the right to vote..."
Source:
Constitution of the Republic of Ghana [Article 42]
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2005/07/01
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Greece
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a. Criminal Incarceration
d. Mental disability
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Source:
P.D. 96/2007, (Codification of the legal provisions on parliamentary elections), Art.5; Several provisions of the Civil Code, the Penal Code and the Military Penal Code
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2012/04/13
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Guadeloupe
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b. Previous Conviction
d. Mental disability
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b)"Specific convictions"; which means that you should be deprived of your right to vote and to be elected only as a side punishment to a conviction for certain kinds of felony in matters like electoral fraud, fiscal fraud and misuse of public resources;
d) Adults who are under the responsibility of other adults (= who are not considered fully responsible for their acts) cannot vote unless they have received a special authorization from the courts
Source:
Electoral code, article L.5
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2007/01/14
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Guyana
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a. Criminal Incarceration
c. Detention
d. Mental disability
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Source:
Dr. Steve Surujbally, President of the Elections Commissions, elections(a)sdnp.gy
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2004/09/03
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Hungary
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a. Criminal Incarceration
b. Previous Conviction
d. Mental disability
h. Other
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a) Being forbidden from public matters (court decision).
d) Being under institutional compulsory medical treatment.
h) Being under guardianship excluding or restraining disposing capacity.
Source:
Constitution and Act XXXIV/1989.
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2002/07/05
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Iceland
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i. Not applicable
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Source:
Björn Fridfinnsson, Ministry of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs, bjorn.fridfinnsson(a)dkm.stjr.is
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2002/07/11
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India
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a. Criminal Incarceration
d. Mental disability
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(b) is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court; or
(c) is for the time being disqualified from voting under the provisions of any law relating to corrupt practices and other offences in connection with elections.
Source:
RP Act, Section 16
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2024/06/21
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Indonesia
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d. Mental disability
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Declared to be of unsound mind by a competent court.
Source:
The Electoral Rolls Act, 1974
Constitution, part III, article 51(2)
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2024/01/31
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Iran, Islamic Republic of
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d. Mental disability
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The electors shall hold the following particulars:
Sound of mind
Source:
Iran: Elections Act of Islamic Consultative Assembly (1999), Art. 27 https://track.unodc.org/LegalLibrary/LegalResources/Iran/Laws/Elections%20Act%20of%20Islamic%20Consultative%20Assembley%20(ENG)%20(1999).pdf
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2016/01/23
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Ireland
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i. Not applicable
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No restrictions
Source:
Electoral Act 1992, Art. 8
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2012/05/10
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Italy
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a. Criminal Incarceration
c. Detention
h. Other
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Definitive criminal convictions and detention, and other types of convictions that forbid to hold or run for a public office.
Source:
Constitution, Art. 48
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2012/04/16
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Jamaica
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a. Criminal Incarceration
b. Previous Conviction
d. Mental disability
h. Other
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Source:
Section 37 (2)
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2025/09/22
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Japan
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a. Criminal Incarceration
b. Previous Conviction
d. Mental disability
h. Other
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h) A person who has been sentenced.
Source:
Electoral Code, article 11.
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2003/07/02
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Jordan
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d. Mental disability
e. Military Service
h. Other
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Members of the armed forces/the Arab army, General Intelligence Service, the Public Security Department, Gendarmeries and the Civil Defense shall have their right to vote suspended while they are on active service except contractors.
The right to vote shall be denied to:
Any person who has been declared bankrupt and has not been legally rehabilitated;
Persons deemed insane, retarded or persons placed under guardianship by court’s order.
Source:
Law on the Election of the House of Representatives
Law No. (6) of 2016, art 3(B)(C): http://aceproject.org/ero-en/misc/jordan-law-on-the-election-of-the-house-of/view
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2016/08/03
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Kazakhstan
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a. Criminal Incarceration
h. Other
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People who have been recognized by a court as legally incapable, are not allowed to vote:The citizens, who have been recognized by a court as legally incapable, including those who kept in places of confinement under the court’s sentence, shall not take part in elections. (Constitutional Law on Elections of the RK, Article 4)
-> No further definition of "legally incapable" is set by this law.
3. The right to elect and be elected to bodies of state and local self-government, as well as to participate in a republican
referendum, shall not extend to citizens who have been declared legally incompetent by a court, or to citizens who have been
placed in a detention facility by a court order. (Constitution of the RK, Art.3)
People with disabilities are generally allowed to vote:
Precinct election commission shall: (…) 4-1) take the necessary measures to implement the electoral rights of citizens with disabilities (Constitutional Law on Elections of the RK, Art. 18, 4-1)
People held in detention are generally allowed to vote:
The voter registers by polling stations to be formed in the rest houses, health resorts, medico-prophylactic institutions, in the places of the citizens’ stay in the remote and hard-to-reach areas, in the distant pastures, in the investigative wards and detention centers (…) (Constitutional Law on Elections of the RK, Art. 24, 8)
People serving in the military are generally allowed to vote:
The registers of voters, who are military servicemen in the military units as well as members of their families and other voters living in the locations of military units, shall be compiled on the basis of the data submitted by commanders of the military units. (Constitutional Law on Elections of the RK, Art. 24, 7)
Source:
Constitutional Law on Elections of the Republic of Kazakhstan as amended on June 29, 2018, art. 4, 18, 24: https://www.election.gov.kz/eng/election-legal-framework/the-laws-of-the-rk.php
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2024/10/18
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Kenya
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d. Mental disability
h. Other
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any person who has been convicted of an election offense during the preceding 5 years is not allowed to register to vote
Source:
Constitution, art. 83(1)
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2024/12/06
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Kiribati
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a. Criminal Incarceration
d. Mental disability
h. Other
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Notwithstanding the preceding subsection no person who-
(a) is serving a sentence of imprisonment (by whatever name called) for a term of or exceeding 12 months imposed on him by a court in any part of the Commonwealth or substituted by competent authority for some other sentence imposed on him by such a court; or
(b) is certified to be insane or otherwise adjudged to be of unsound mind under any law in force in Kiribati; or
(c) is disqualified from registering as an elector or voting by any law in force in Kiribati relating to offences connected with elections.
shall be registered as an elector for an electoral district or, being registered, shall be entitled to vote at an election.
Source:
Article 64(2), Constitution of Kiribati
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2020/05/01
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Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
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d. Mental disability
h. Other
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h) Persons disfranchised by court decision
Source:
IPU Parline database:
http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2085.htm
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2014/06/23
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Korea, Republic of
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a. Criminal Incarceration
b. Previous Conviction
d. Mental disability
h. Other
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b. Applies to those convicted of election crimes, and the length of deprivation of franchise is 5 years for those who were fined and 10 years for those who were incarcerated with labor.
d. Applies to those who were declared to be incompetent by the Court.
h. Those whose right to vote is suspended or forfeited by a decision of the Court.
Source:
AEP, article 18.
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2007/01/03
|
|
Kuwait
|
a. Criminal Incarceration
e. Military Service
h. Other
|
a) Unrehabilitated persons convicted of a felony or dishonorable crime.
e) Military personnel and policemen.
h) Persons naturalized within the last 20 years.
Source:
IPU Parline database:
http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2171.htm
|
2007/01/31
|
|
Lesotho
|
a. Criminal Incarceration
b. Previous Conviction
c. Detention
d. Mental disability
f. Multiple Citizenship
|
No person shall be qualified to be registered as an elector in elections to the National Assembly who, at the date of his application to be registered -
(a) is, by virtue of his own act, under any acknowledgement of allegiance, obedience or adherence to any foreign power or state; or
(b) is under sentence of death imposed on him by any court in Lesotho; or
(c) is, under any law in force in Lesotho, adjudged or otherwise declared to be of
unsound mind.
Source:
Constitution of Lesotho, art. 57(3): http://www.gov.ls/documents/Lesotho_Constitution.pdf
|
2015/03/03
|
|
Liechtenstein
|
a. Criminal Incarceration
d. Mental disability
h. Other
|
h) Deprivation of voting right by virtue of law or pursuant to a final court decision, guardianship or trusteeship.
Source:
IPU Parline database:
http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2187.htm
|
2007/01/31
|
|
Lithuania
|
d. Mental disability
|
Article 34: (3) Citizens who are declared by a court to be legally incapacitated shall not participate in elections.
Source:
Constitution: The Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania (1992) as amended on 25 April 2006, art. 34(3).
|
2016/02/02
|
|
Luxembourg
|
a. Criminal Incarceration
h. Other
|
h) Guardianship; Those that have been deprived of the right to vote by criminal conviction
Source:
Constitution, Art. 53
|
2015/06/05
|
|
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of
|
d. Mental disability
|
Every citizen of the Republic of Macedonia who is at least 18 years of age, has the capacity to contract and has a permanent residence in the electoral district, municipality or in the City of Skopje, where the election takes place, shall have the right to vote. (Electoral Code, Art. 6 (1))
Citizens whose capacity to contract has been revoked with a final court decision shall not be registered in the Voter Register. (Electoral Code, Art. 41(6))
Source:
Electoral Code of The Republic of Macedonia (consolidated version as of February 2019), Art. 6, 41:
https://www.ifes.org/sites/default/files/electoral_code_of_the_republic_of_north_macedonia_february_2019_english.pdf
|
2020/04/17
|
|
Malawi
|
a. Criminal Incarceration
|
Those with who are mentally incompetent or who have criminal records are disqualified from voting
Source:
Malawi Electoral laws: https://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/MW/malawi-electoral-laws-2019. Art 77 (3)C
|
2025/05/26
|
|
Maldives
|
a. Criminal Incarceration
c. Detention
d. Mental disability
|
Source:
Constitution 1998, article 134.
|
2004/08/24
|
|
Malta
|
a. Criminal Incarceration
b. Previous Conviction
d. Mental disability
|
a, b) Imprisonment exceeding 12 months, conviction for elections-connected offence
Source:
Constitution, Art. 58: http://www.parlament.mt/constituion-of-malta?l=1 (2012);
General Elections Act, Art. 15: http://www.parlament.mt/general_election_act?l=1 (2012)
|
2012/05/22
|
|
Marshall Islands
|
a. Criminal Incarceration
d. Mental disability
|
The criminal incarceration needs to be for a felony crime, and applies to paroled individuals.
Source:
Constitution of the Marshall Islands Article 4, Section 3 clause 2
|
2005/02/23
|
|
Martinique
|
b. Previous Conviction
d. Mental disability
|
b)"Specific convictions"; which means that you should be deprived of your right to vote and to be elected only as a side punishment to a conviction for certain kinds of felony in matters like electoral fraud, fiscal fraud and misuse of public resources; d) Adults who are under the responsibility of other adults (= who are not considered fully responsible for their acts) cannot vote unless they have received a special authorization from the courts
Source:
Electoral code, article L.5
|
2007/01/14
|
|
Micronesia, Federated States of
|
a. Criminal Incarceration
c. Detention
d. Mental disability
|
Eligible voter:
is not currently under a judgment of mental incompetency or insanity; and
is not currently under parole, probation, or sentence for any felony for which he or she has been convicted by any court of the Federated States of Micronesia.
Source:
The National Election Code, Title 9, Chapter 1, Section 103: http://fsmlaw.org/fsm/code/title09/T9_Ch1_2014.html#103 (2021)
|
2021/04/05
|
|
Moldova, Republic of
|
i. Not applicable
|
Moldovan citizens who have reached the age of 18, including on the Election Day, shall have the right to
vote, except for those legally deprived of this right under the law.
) deprived of the right to vote by the final decision of the Court.
Source:
Electoral code 2019 Articles 11-13
|
2021/04/05
|
|
Monaco
|
a. Criminal Incarceration
b. Previous Conviction
c. Detention
d. Mental disability
h. Other
|
h) Undischarged bankruptcy; Disciplinary sanction (for clerks, notaries and public officials)
Source:
Constitution, Art. 53;
Law 839 regulating communal and national elections, as amended in 2002, Art. 2, 3
|
2023/09/12
|
|
Morocco
|
a. Criminal Incarceration
b. Previous Conviction
c. Detention
e. Military Service
g. Service on Judiciary
h. Other
|
Being a Moroccan for only 5 years.
Source:
Electoral Law, chapter 1, part 2, articles 5 and 6.
Updated on March 10, 2005
|
2005/04/05
|
|
Nepal
|
c. Detention
d. Mental disability
h. Other
i. Not applicable
|
He or she must not have been certified by a recognized physician as mentally retarded, must have not been convicted with imprisonment under the Election (Crime and Punishment) Act 1990 for one year and a year has not elapsed from date of release.
Source:
Constitution 1990, articles 8 and 9.
|
2012/06/12
|
|
Netherlands
|
b. Previous Conviction
|
The legislation grants the right to vote in parliamentary elections to citizens over the age of 18, unless they have been deprived of their voting rights as a result of serving a criminal conviction. In particular, people convicted of certain felonies and sentenced to a term of over one year can have voting rights temporarily suspended upon a court’s decision.
Source:
OSCE/ODIHR 2012 Needs Assessment Report, sec. C: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/europe/NL/the-netherlands-elections-assessment-mission/at_download/file
|
2016/03/17
|
|
New Caledonia
|
a. Criminal Incarceration
c. Detention
|
Source:
Electoral Code, Article L.7, L.129, L.130, L.117 and paragraphs 13-17.
|
2004/01/14
|
|
Niger
|
a. Criminal Incarceration
b. Previous Conviction
c. Detention
d. Mental disability
|
Nul ne peut voter s’il n’est inscrit sur la liste électorale de la circonscription électorale de son domicile ou de sa résidence. Ne doivent pas être inscrits sur la liste électorale :
- les individus condamnés définitivement pour crime et non réhabilités
- les individus condamnés définitivement pour un délit à une peine d’emprisonnement ferme et égale ou supérieure à un an (1) an et non réhabilités
- ceux qui sont déclarés en faillite et ayant fait l’objet d’une condamnation pour banqueroute frauduleuse et non réhabilités
- les internés et les interdits.
N’empêchent pas l’inscription sur une liste électorale les condamnations avec sursis et les condamnations pour délit d’imprudence hors le cas de délit de fuite concomitant.
Source:
Article 7 et 8 du Code Electoral
|
2007/01/02
|
|
Nigeria
|
i. Not applicable
|
|
2001/11/08
|
|
Niue
|
a. Criminal Incarceration
h. Other
|
A. prison sentence of 5 or more years.
H. Other: corrupt practice.
Source:
Stephen (2001) Niue., The Contemporary Pacific, 13 (1) p239
|
2006/03/15
|
|
Norway
|
a. Criminal Incarceration
h. Other
|
h.) Entering the service of a foreign power without the consent of the Government and electoral fraud.
Source:
Constitution, Art.53
|
2006/12/11
|
|
Pakistan
|
d. Mental disability
|
Declared to be of unsound mind by a competent court.
Source:
The Electoral Rolls Act, 1974
Constitution, part III, article 51(2)
|
2002/06/18
|
|
Palestine
|
a. Criminal Incarceration
b. Previous Conviction
c. Detention
d. Mental disability
|
Any person shall not be entitled to vote if he or she:
- Has been deprived from the right to vote by judicial sentence, for the duration of that sentence.
- Has been declared incapable by judicial ruling.
- Has been imprisoned by sentence of a Palestinian Court for a common crime, as long as he or she is not re-established to his or her previous status according to the law.
Judicial decisions mentioned in paragraph 1 above must be immediately communicated to the relevant Polling Station Commission as soon as these start the electoral registration.
Source:
EL.8
Updated on March 10, 2005
|
2005/04/05
|
|
Papua New Guinea
|
a. Criminal Incarceration
b. Previous Conviction
d. Mental disability
|
a) The incarceration must be for a period of 9 months or more to suspend the right to vote.
b) If the voter has been convicted, within the period of three years next preceding the first day of the polling period for the election concerned, of an offence relating to elections that is prescribed by an Organic Law or an Act of the Parliament
c) dual citizens are not permitted to vote
Source:
Constitution of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea Section 50 1 (a) and (b).
|
2017/03/16
|
|
Paraguay
|
a. Criminal Incarceration
c. Detention
d. Mental disability
e. Military Service
h. Other
|
Besides, deaf-mutes who cannot make themselves understood, those condemned to electoral disqualification, and those declared in contempt as a result of a criminal cause.
Source:
Law N.834, Articles 114 and 217.
|
2009/07/05
|
|
Portugal
|
a. Criminal Incarceration
d. Mental disability
h. Other
|
Article 2
Ineligibilities to vote
The following are not eligible to vote:
a) Repealed;
b) Persons who clearly have a limitation or seriously impaired mental functions, even if they
are not subject to monitoring, when they are admitted to a psychiatric establishment or
declared as such by a board of two doctors;
c) Persons who are deprived of political rights by a judicial decision that has transited in rem
judicatam.
Source:
Assembly of the Republic Electoral Law (Law No. 14/79 of May 16, 1979) as amended, Article 2:
https://www.parlamento.pt/sites/EN/Parliament/Documents/LeiEleitoralARen.pdf
|
2024/10/10
|
|
Romania
|
d. Mental disability
h. Other
|
h.) Disfranchised by a final decision of the court of law. This can be due to criminal incarceration.
Source:
Constitution, article 34.
|
2004/11/22
|
|
Russian Federation
|
a. Criminal Incarceration
d. Mental disability
|
6. A citizen of the Russian Federation who is recognized incapable by a court of law or imprisoned under the sentence of a court of law is not eligible to vote and stand for elections or participate in performance of other electoral actions.
Source:
Electoral Law: Federal Law On Elections of Deputies to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation as amended on April 5, 2016. (article 4)
|
2016/06/02
|
|
Rwanda
|
a. Criminal Incarceration
|
Persons prohibited from registering on the voters' register are:
1) a person who is deprived of his/her right to vote by competent courts of law and has not been
rehabilitated or has not been granted amnesty in accordance with the law;
2) a person definitively sentenced for homicide or manslaughter;
3) a person definitively convicted of the crime of genocide or crimes against humanity as stipulated
in Article 11 of the Law No 27/2010 of 19/6/2010 relating to elections as modified and
complemented to date;
4) a person who confessed and pleaded guilty to the crime of genocide against the Tutsi and crimes
against humanity as set out in Article 11 of the Law No 27/2010 of 19/6/2010 relating to elections
as modified and complemented to date;
5) a person who was convicted of the crime of defilement;
6) a person who was convicted of the crime of rape;
7) a prisoner;
8) a refugee.
Source:
Rwanda electoral code Chapter 2 Article 3. https://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/RW/rwanda-electoral-code-regulating-the-presidential
|
2024/12/04
|
|
Réunion
|
b. Previous Conviction
d. Mental disability
|
b)"Specific convictions"; which means that you should be deprived of your right to vote and to be elected only as a side punishment to a conviction for certain kinds of felony in matters like electoral fraud, fiscal fraud and misuse of public resources; d) Adults who are under the responsibility of other adults (= who are not considered fully responsible for their acts) cannot vote unless they have received a special authorization from the courts
Source:
Electoral code, article L.5
|
2007/01/14
|
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
h. Other
|
Those who are disqualified by Parliament from registration/voting cannot be registered as a voter.
Source:
Article 29, Constitution
|
2020/04/15
|
|
Saint Lucia
|
c. Detention
d. Mental disability
h. Other
|
Conviction for electoral offences.
|
2002/12/10
|
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
a. Criminal Incarceration
d. Mental disability
h. Other
|
A person is disqualified from being registered as an elector if is found or declared to be a person of unsound mind or a patient in any establishment maintained wholly or mainly for the reception and treatment of persons suffering from mental illness or mental defectiveness; is undergoing any sentence of imprisonment in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; is under sentence of death imposed on him by a competent court in any part of the Commonwealth or under sentence of imprisonment exceeding twelve months imposed on him by such a court or under some sentence substituted therefore by a competent authority and has not suffered the punishment to which he was sentenced or has not received a free pardon; or is under any law disqualified from being registered as a voter.
Source:
St. Vincent and the Grenadines: Electoral Law, article 6: https://pdba.georgetown.edu/Electoral/StVincent/StV&Gr.html
|
2021/12/27
|
|
Samoa
|
a. Criminal Incarceration
b. Previous Conviction
c. Detention
d. Mental disability
|
The following persons are disqualified for registration as voters: (a) a person who is detained in a hospital, a prison or some other place of security under the Mental Health Act 2007; (b) a person detained in a prison under a conviction; (c) a person whose name is on the Corrupt Practices List.
Source:
The Electoral Act 2019, Article 17: https://www.palemene.ws/wp-content/uploads/Electoral-Act-2019-Eng.pdf (2021)
|
2021/04/09
|
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
a. Criminal Incarceration
d. Mental disability
f. Multiple Citizenship
|
|
2001/10/04
|
|
Serbia
|
d. Mental disability
|
Each adult citizen of the Republic of Serbia over whom parental rights have not been
extended, or who has not been wholly divested of legal capacity shall have the right to vote
for MPs in the elections and to stand as an MP.
A person partly divested of legal capacity may vote for MPs and stand as an MP in
parliamentary elections, unless a court has declared him/her incapable of exercising the right
to vote under the decision on partial deprivation of legal capacity
Source:
Electoral Law: Law on Election of Members of Parliament, art. 3.
https://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/europe/RS/serbia-law-on-elections-of-representatives-updated/view
|
2022/07/18
|
|
Seychelles
|
a. Criminal Incarceration
d. Mental disability
h. Other
|
a. criminality
b. Infirmity of mind
c. Residence outside Seychelles. However, any citizen of Seychelles living overseas may be registered as a voter if he resides in an electoral area for a minimum period of three months, immediately prior to registration.
Source:
- Constitution of the Republic of Seychelles (2011), art. 114
http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/SC/seychelles-constitution-2011/view /
- Elections (Amendment) Act n°27 of 2014, art. 2
http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/SC/seychelles-elections-amendment-act-nb027-of-2014/view
|
2025/02/28
|
|
Sierra Leone
|
a. Criminal Incarceration
c. Detention
d. Mental disability
g. Service on Judiciary
|
Staff of the National Electoral Commission, Judicial Service and the Civil Service. In the event of wishing to contest an election, one had to resign his position before filing for nomination
|
2005/06/30
|
|
Slovakia
|
a. Criminal Incarceration
h. Other
|
h) A person who has a contagious disease must be registered on the roll but cannot vote.
Legal incapacity
Source:
Livia Skultetyova
Director of the Elections and Referendum Department
Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic
|
2007/01/09
|
|
Slovenia
|
d. Mental disability
|
Every citizen of the Republic of Slovenia who has reached the age of 18 by the Election Day and has not been declared legally incompetent shall have the right to vote and to be elected as a deputy.
Source:
Electoral Code, article 7.
|
2002/08/27
|
|
Somalia
|
a. Criminal Incarceration
b. Previous Conviction
c. Detention
d. Mental disability
e. Military Service
g. Service on Judiciary
|
Source:
elections bill adopted 2000.
|
2005/04/06
|
|
Spain
|
a. Criminal Incarceration
d. Mental disability
h. Other
|
h) Certain high-ranking government officials, political and public posts, members of the armed forces, members of the assembly of an Autonomous Community, and Members of an electoral committee
Source:
Electoral Law 5/1985 of 19 June ("Ley Orgánica del Régimen Electoral General"), Art. 3
|
2025/04/02
|
|
Sri Lanka
|
a. Criminal Incarceration
c. Detention
d. Mental disability
|
(c) if he is under any law in force in Sri Lanka found or declared to be of unsound mind ;
(d) if he is serving or has during the period of seven years immediately preceding completed serving of a sentence of imprisonment (by whatever name called) for a term not less than six months imposed after conviction by any court for an offence punishable with imprisonment for a term not less than two years or is under sentence of death or is serving or has during the period of seven years immediately preceding completed the serving of a sentence of imprisonment for a term not less than six months awarded in lieu of execution of such sentence :
Provided that if any person disqualified under this paragraph is granted a free pardon such disqualification shall cease from the date on which the pardon is granted ;
(e) ifaperiodofsevenyearshasnotelapsedsince–
(i) the last of the dates, if any, of his being convicted of any offence under section 52(1) or 53 of the Ceylon (Parliamentary Elections) Order in Council, 1946, or of such offence under the law for the time being relating to Referenda or to the election of the President or of Members of Parliament as would correspond to an offence under either of the said two sections ;
the last of the dates, if any, of his being convicted of a corrupt practice under the Ceylon (Parliamentary Elections) Order in Council, 1946, or of such offence under the law for the time being relating to Referenda or to the election of the President or of Members of Parliament as would correspond to the said corrupt practice ;
the last of the dates, if any, being a date after the commencement of the constitution, of a report made by a Judge finding him guilty of any corrupt practice under the Ceylon (Parliamentary Elections) Order in Council, 1946, or under any law for the time being relating to Referenda or to the election of the President or of Members of Parliament ;
thelastofthedates,ifany,ofhisbeingconvictedorfound guilty of bribery under the provisions of the Bribery Act or of any future law as would correspond to the Bribery Act ;
if a period of five years has not elapsed since –
if a period of three years has not elapsed since –
(i) the last of the dates, if any, of his being convicted of an illegal practice under the Ceylon (Parliamentary Elections) Order in Council, 1946, or of such offence under the law for
(i)
(ii)
the last of the dates, if any, of his being convicted of any offence under the provisions of sections 77 to 82 (both inclusive) of the Local Authorities Elections Ordinance or for such offence under any future law as would correspond to any offence under the said sections ; or
the last of the dates, if any, of his being convicted of an offence under the provisions of sections 2 and 3 of the Public Bodies (Prevention of Corruption) Ordinance or of such offence under any future law as would correspond to the said offence ;
Source:
Constitution 1978, article 89(c-e): http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/asia/LK/sri-lanka-constitution-as-amended-up-to-9/at_download/file
|
2016/02/04
|
|
Sudan
|
d. Mental disability
|
Source:
General Elections Law ( No.15, 1998), chapter 4, article 10.
Updated on March 10, 2005
|
2005/04/06
|
|
Suriname
|
c. Detention
d. Mental disability
h. Other
|
h) Deprivation of voting right by court decision.
Source:
IPU Parline database:
http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2299.htm
|
2007/02/14
|
|
Sweden
|
i. Not applicable
|
Source:
Electoral Law of 2005, Ch. 5, Section 3, 4, 5: http://www.val.se/pdf/2005_elections_act.pdf (2012)
|
2014/08/04
|
|
Switzerland
|
d. Mental disability
|
Source:
Constitution, Art. 136 (1)
|
2012/05/11
|
|
Syrian Arab Republic
|
a. Criminal Incarceration
d. Mental disability
|
a) Conviction of specific crimes.
b) Mentally ill influential
e) Members of the armed and police forces.
h) Allegiance to a foreign State.
Source:
IPU Parline database:
http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2307.htm
The General Electoral Laws of Syria, art 5.
|
2014/06/03
|
|
Tanzania, United Republic of
|
a. Criminal Incarceration
d. Mental disability
f. Multiple Citizenship
|
Parliament may enact a law imposing conditions restricting a citizen
from exercising the right to vote by reason of any of the following grounds:
(a) being a citizen of another state;
(b) being mentally infirm;
(c) being convicted of certain specified criminal offences; or
(d) omission or failure to prove or to produce evidence as to age,
citizenship or registration as a voter.
Source:
Constitution, art. 5 (2): https://www.inec.go.tz/uploads/documents/sw-1714455356-1.%20sw-1675190712-sw1499671152-Katiba_ya_Tanzania.pdf
|
2025/12/01
|
|
Timor-Leste
|
i. Not applicable
|
|
2001/09/17
|
|
Tonga
|
a. Criminal Incarceration
b. Previous Conviction
d. Mental disability
|
In prison for 2 years or more.
Where out of prison (2 years or more) needs King's pardon.
Source:
Consititution Section 23: https://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/pacific/TO/Tonga%20Act%20of%20Constitution%201988.pdf/view (2021)
|
2021/09/15
|
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
i. Not applicable
|
A person shall be qualified to vote at an election of members to serve in the House of Representatives if, and shall not be qualified to vote at such an election unless, he—
(a) is a Commonwealth citizen (within the meaning of section 18) of the age of eighteen years or upwards; and
(b) has such other qualifications regarding residence or registration as may be prescribed.
Source:
Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, art. 51
|
2015/05/21
|
|
Tunisia
|
a. Criminal Incarceration
b. Previous Conviction
d. Mental disability
e. Military Service
g. Service on Judiciary
h. Other
|
Disqualifications; conviction of crime, conviction entailing an unsuspended sentence of imprisonment in excess of three months, guardianship, undischarged bankruptcy, insanity, active members of the armed and security forces.
Source:
Electoral Law, chapter 1, article 3.
Updated on March 10, 2005
|
2005/04/06
|
|
Turkey
|
a. Criminal Incarceration
e. Military Service
|
Privates and corporals at arms, cadets, and convicts in penal execution institutions excluding those convicted of negligent offences shall not vote.
Source:
Constitution of the Republic of Turkey, art. 67: https://global.tbmm.gov.tr/docs/constitution_en.pdf
|
2016/01/21
|
|
Tuvalu
|
a. Criminal Incarceration
d. Mental disability
h. Other
|
Other: "he is disqualified, under an Act of Parliament relating to offences in connection with elections, from being registered as an elector in Parliamentary elections." Constitution S. 92(1)(c)
Source:
Constitution Section 92
|
2003/07/31
|
|
Ukraine
|
a. Criminal Incarceration
d. Mental disability
|
a.) Execution of suffrage rights shall be suspended for persons who are incarcerated by court's decision for the time of being incarcerated.
d.) Citizens deemed by a court to be incompetent do not have the right to vote.
Source:
Law on Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine, article 1
Constitution, article 70
|
2014/05/23
|
|
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
|
a. Criminal Incarceration
d. Mental disability
h. Other
|
h) Convention dictates that the Queen does not vote;
i) Members of the House of Lords cannot vote in a General Election
Source:
s.4, Representation of the People Act, 1983
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/2/contents/data.pdf
|
2016/04/11
|
|
United States of America
|
a. Criminal Incarceration
b. Previous Conviction
d. Mental disability
|
Some states bar convicted felons or those currently incarcerated from voting
Source:
The Federal Election Commission online (www.fec.gov)
https://vote.gov/guide-to-voting/after-felony-conviction
|
2024/10/15
|
|
Uruguay
|
a. Criminal Incarceration
d. Mental disability
h. Other
|
h. Being processed for a crime that will most probably result in a person's conviction for a period longer than 2 years.
Source:
Constitution, art. 80
|
2002/06/18
|
|
Vanuatu
|
i. Not applicable
|
Source:
Electoral Commission of Vanuatu
|
2016/01/26
|
|
Venezuela
|
a. Criminal Incarceration
d. Mental disability
e. Military Service
|
Source:
LOSPP, art. 85
|
2003/08/04
|
|
Viet Nam
|
a. Criminal Incarceration
c. Detention
d. Mental disability
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Source:
Law on Election of National Assembly Deputies, article 23
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2021/03/24
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Wallis and Futuna
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a. Criminal Incarceration
c. Detention
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Source:
Electoral Code, Article L.7, LO129, LO130, paragraph 13-17, Article L.117.
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2004/01/15
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Yemen
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a. Criminal Incarceration
b. Previous Conviction
c. Detention
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The person can not vote anymore if he was on detention, with previous conviction of any criminal or problematic thing with the Law.
Source:
Voters Registration Law 2001, 1, article 5.
http://www.scer.org.ye/arabic/dalelaltsjela.htm
Updated on March 10, 2005
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2005/04/08
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Zanzibar
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b. Previous Conviction
d. Mental disability
f. Multiple Citizenship
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Source:
Zanzibar Electoral Act No. 11 of 1984, including ammendments made by Act No. 8 of 1992; Act No 14 of 1992, and Act No. 5 of 1995. 15th May, 1995. Chapter II, Part I (12).
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2002/09/18
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