Senegal

Article 3 states:

…Suffrage can be direct or indirect. It is always universal, equal and secret. All Senegalese of both sexes, 18 years of age, enjoying their civil and political rights, are electors under the conditions determined by law.

Article 28 states:

Any candidate for the Presidency of the Republic must be…enjoying their civil and political rights, and be at least 35 years of age on polling day. He must know how to fluently write, read and speak the official language.

Article 31 states:

…If the Presidency is vacant, by resignation, death or definitive impairment, a new election will be held within 60 days at least and 90 days at the most, after a finding of vacancy by the Constitutional Council.

Candidacy or holding office

Article 28 states:

Any candidate for the Presidency of the Republic must be…enjoying their civil and political rights, and be at least 35 years of age on polling day. He must know how to fluently write, read and speak the official language.

Article 31 states:

…If the Presidency is vacant, by resignation, death or definitive impairment, a new election will be held within 60 days at least and 90 days at the most, after a finding of vacancy by the Constitutional Council.

Excerpts from the Constitution of the Republic of Senegal (2001, last amended 2009)

Article L30 states:

Those that may not be registered on the electoral lists…7. Legally incapacitated individuals.

Article L80 states:

Any electors suffering from a temporary or permanent disability which makes it impossible to introduce the ballot into the envelope or to place the envelope in the ballot box; shall, on request, be entitled to assistance by a voter of their choice or a member of the polling station.

Article L156 states:

Ineligible voters are…2) Persons placed under guardianship or trusteeship or under the protection of the law.

Excerpts from Loi No. 2012-01 (2011)