Colombia

Table of Contents:

• General Right to Vote
• Exclusion or Potential Exclusion Based on Disability
• Assistive Tools and Policies

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Article 10, section 40 states:

Every citizen can elect and be elected while there are no norms that limit his/her right. Therefore, interpretation of the terms disability and incompetence is very strict.

 

Excerpt from the Electoral Code (1986, last amended 2014)

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Article 114 states:

…No person may accompany the elector at the moment of voting.

 

Excerpt from the Electoral Code (1986, last amended 2014)

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Article 16 states:

Citizens who are physically disabled can exercise a voting right of escorts to the voting booth. The same applies to the citizens of 80 years old or older or someone who is visually impaired. While voters are in line, electoral authorities and the police will assist and give preference to the disabled.

 

Article 114 states:

…No person may accompany the elector at the moment of voting.

 

Excerpts from the Electoral Code (1986, last amended 2014)