Paraguay

Article 75 states:

The following persons may not be electors:

• (a) persons who are under legal interdiction; (b) deaf-mutes who cannot make themselves understood in writing or by any other means…

Article 78 states:

Exempt from the duty of suffrage are…

• (d) persons who are unable to attend their polling station due to illness, where that circumstance is provided by certificate issued by the authorities of the hospital at which they are treated…

Article 81 states:

Disqualifying factors to holding elective positions are…

• (g) incapacity declared in court, which prevents persons from acting freely and with discernment.

Article 88 states:

The following are requirements to become a member of the Central Electoral Council…

• (c) to be intellectually capable…

Excerpts from the Electoral Code (1994, last amended 2012))

Article 153 states:

The exercise of citizenship will be suspended…(2) for legally declared incapacity, that impedes work freely and with discernment.

Excerpt from the National Constitution of the Republic of Paraguay (1992, last amended 2011)