Total Population
Population with a disability
according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate2024
Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Article 13 states:
(1) The following individuals cannot vote:
(2) The following individuals cannot be elected:
Article 20 states:
(1) The mandate of a Commission member shall be ended in the following circumstances: …
(2) Member of the Central Election Commission is dismissed by the authority that appointed him/her in the following cases: …
Article 54, paragraph 1 states:
The ballot shall be filled out by the voter in a secret voting booth or room. A voter who is unable to fill out the ballot him/herself has the right to invite another individual into the voting booth, with the exception of members of the electoral bureau, representatives of electoral contestants, and persons authorized to observe electoral procedures. Such cases of assistance to unable person shall be mentioned in the report of precinct electoral bureau.
Article 55, paragraph 4 states:
If, for health or other well-grounded reasons, the voter is unable to come to the polling station, the precinct electoral bureau, at his/her oral or written request, will delegate no less than two members of the bureau with a mobile ballot box and all electoral materials necessary for voting at the place of voter’s residence to conduct the voting. Requests may be submitted in written starting with two weeks prior to the Election Day and not later than 6 p.m. of the day before Election. On the Election Day, the request may be submitted in written until 3 p.m., upon the presentation of a medical certificate. The voting at the place of voter’s residence is based on the voter list compiled by the precinct electoral bureau according to voters’ requests. The persons who are not entered in such a list will not be able to vote at the place of residence...
Article 56, paragraph 10 states:
All members of the precinct electoral bureau shall remain at the polling station and participate in the operations of the bureau during [the counting of the votes], unless prevented from doing so by a physical disability or other extraordinary circumstances.
Article 38 states:
(2) Except for persons banned from voting by law, all the citizens of the Republic of Moldova having attained the age of 18…have the right to vote.
(3) The right of being elected is granted to all citizens of the Republic of Moldova enjoying the right of voting.