Total Population
Population with a disability
according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimateRatified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Chapter I, section 2.1 states:
The following principles shall prevail in the application of the rules of electoral procedure…
Chapter I, section 3.1 states:
'Voter with a disability' shall mean a voter who has limited or no sensorial abilities (especially vision and hearing) or limited or no musculoskeletal abilities or mental capacity, or who has considerably limited communication abilities, and this places him or her at a lasting disadvantage when it comes to actively participating in public life…
Chapter V, section 85, subsection 1 states:
[Voters] may request that…b) their request for assistance in voting…
Chapter V, section 88 states:
Voters with a disability may request the following types of assistance in exercising their right to vote:
Chapter VI, section 102, subsection (3) states:
Voters who requested an accessible polling station…if the polling station assigned to them based on their address is not accessible – shall be moved by the local election office to the register of a polling district in the same settlement and constituency that has an accessible polling station.
Chapter VI, section 103, subsection 1 states:
Requests for mobile voting may be submitted by voters listed in the polling district electoral register who are limited as to their movement due to their health condition, disability...
Chapter IX, section 166 states:
At least one polling station in each constituency of each settlement shall provide disabled access.
Chapter XI, section 179, subsection (2) states:
If the voter cannot write, the register shall be signed by two members of the polling station commission and this fact shall be noted in the register.
Chapter XI, section 181 states:
(1) Voters who cannot read or are prevented from voting by a physical handicap or any other cause may use the assistance of a person of their choice – or, for lack of such assistants, the joint assistance of two members of the polling station commission.
(2) In polling districts pursuant to Section 167 (5), visually impaired voters may use Braille voting templates to facilitate voting. The polling station commission shall place the voter's ballot paper in the template before handing it over to the voter. After voting, the voter shall remove the ballot paper from the template, place it in the ballot box and hand the voting template back to the polling station commission.
Chapter XV, section 323, subsection 2 states:
Minority polling stations shall be laid out so that they are accessible to voters with a disability...