Venezuela

Organic Law on the Election Process (2009)

Updated: June 2015

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Article 97 states:

An elector appearing in the Voter Registry is not to be impeded from exercising his or her right to vote.

 

Article 155 states:

The National Electoral Council….guarantees electors with disabilities the full exercise of political rights, without any discrimination…

 

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Article 20 states:

All Venezuelans over the age of 18, not subject to final judgment of civil interdiction…may enroll in the Permanent Electoral Registry.

 

Article 55 states:

Applicant organizations can modify the applications they present. In the case of candidates who have already applied who because of resignation, death, physical or mental disability or any other cause,…or because of a decision by the applicant organization that the candidate should be withdrawn, corresponding substitutes will be admitted.

 

Article 84 states:

Electors who are selected to perform the required electoral service…can be excused from performing electoral functions on the basis of the following causes…

  • (2) Having a physical, mental, health-related or legal disability, certified by the appropriate authorities…

 

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Article 98 states:

Excluded from this provision are illiterate, blind, or disabled voters and those of advanced age who many exercise their right to vote with a person of their choice. No person shall be a companion for more than one time.

 

Article 156 states:

Data of disabled voters registered on the Electoral Register must additionally contain an indication of the condition of the elector with special needs, for the purpose of adapting physical spaces and electoral instruments in electoral places.

 

Article 157 states:

The National Electoral Council will tend to the design of voting tools to ensure accessibility for voters and voters with visual and motor impairments so that they can exercise their right to vote without any intermediation...

 

Article 158 states:

The National Electoral council will ensure that the campaigns’ outreach and education are developed to guarantee access to them on the part of voters with disabilities. In this sense there should be simultaneous translation of the message, including sign language messages, audiovisual works and the development of information options in Braille.

 

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Article 55 states:

Applicant organizations can modify the applications they present. In the case of candidates who have already applied who because of resignation, death, physical or mental disability or any other cause,…or because of a decision by the applicant organization that the candidate should be withdrawn, corresponding substitutes will be admitted.

 

Excerpt from the Organic Law on the Election Process (2009)