Gabon

Population Statistics

1,705,336

Total Population

255,800

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

01 October 2007

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Electoral Law (1996, last amended 2011)

Updated: June 2015

Article 77 states:

An individual's thumbprint may serve as a legal signature.

 

Article 98 states:

Assisted voting is permitted by another individual of their choice.

 

Article 99 states:

Should request require, voting by proxy may follow within the fixed conditions listed…2.patients, women in labor, disabled persons, or incurables who because of their physical condition or health are incapable of reaching the poll on election day.

 

Article 102 states:

The vote is noted by a stamp that the agent affixes his signature to on the payroll opposite the name of the mandate." Thumbprint is acceptable as well.

 

Excerpts from the Electoral Law (1996, last amended 2011)