Burundi

Table of Contents:

• Exclusion or Potential Exclusion Based on Disability
• Assistive Tools and Policies

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Article 5 states:

Those who are subject to temporary disenfranchisement include:…

(4) Persons interned or hospitalized by reason of insanity or under any other measure of social defense…

 

Excerpt from the Electoral Code of Burundi (2009, last amended 2014)

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Article 57 states:

Any voter with an infirmity making it impossible to affix his fingerprint to the insignia of the party or list of independent candidates of their choice, or to deposit the ballot in the ballot box, is allowed to have a qualified person of his choice to assist him.

 

Excerpt from the Electoral Code of Burundi (2009, last amended 2014)