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Electoral Decree (2015)

Updated: September 2015

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Article 157 states:

On Election Day, a citizen's physical disability can not be evoked to prohibit the right to vote. Only a citizen with a mental incapacity, duly noted and declared by a medical authority competence, loses his right to vote.

 

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Article 157 states:

On Election Day, a citizen's physical disability can not be evoked to prohibit the right to vote. Only a citizen with a mental incapacity, duly noted and declared by a medical authority competence, loses his right to vote.

 

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Article 9 states:

Members of the BED and BEC are recruited, transparently and in complete independence, by the Provisional Electoral Council, who determines the competence criteria. The CEP shall ensure that the quota of 30% women and 2% of persons with disabilities is respected on the occasion of the competition.

 

Article 92.1 states:

The political party or group that registers 30% women will benefit from a reduction of 40% on the registration fee. The political party or group that registers 10% of people with disabilities will benefit from a reduction of 30% on the registration fee.

 

Article 115 states:

...The candidates, political parties and groups, and State media will ensure the use of specialized communication that is accessible and adapted to the deaf and the blind for their entire integration and participation in the electoral process.

 

Article 157 states:

On Election Day, a citizen's physical disability can not be evoked to prohibit the right to vote. Only a citizen with a mental incapacity, duly noted and declared by a medical authority competence, loses his right to vote. Any voter with a physical disability may be accompanied by a person of their choice to vote. A report will be written in those circumstances. Similar facilities will also be accorded to pregnant women, elderly and other vulnerable persons. The Provisional Electoral Council will make all necessary arrangements to facilitate the exercise of the right to vote those voters, including the benefit of priority voting.

 

Article 157.1 states:

Specialized communication modes envisaged for the civic education campaign will be used at the time of voting for the deaf and the blind, namely: sign language, braille methods.

 

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Article 9 states:

Members of the BED and BEC are recruited, transparently and in complete independence, by the Provisional Electoral Council, who determines the competence criteria. The CEP shall ensure that the quota of 30% women and 2% of persons with disabilities is respected on the occasion of the competition.

 

Article 92.1 states:

The political party or group that registers 30% women will benefit from a reduction of 40% on the registration fee. The political party or group that registers 10% of people with disabilities will benefit from a reduction of 30% on the registration fee.

 

Excerpts from the Electoral Decree (2015)