Total Population
Population with a disability
according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimateRatified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Article 7 states:
Each citizen of the Republic of Slovenia of 18 years of age on the day of the election has the right to vote and stand for election as a deputy.
Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, a citizen of the Republic of Slovenia who reached the age of eighteen but their business capacity is non-existent due to mental illness, retardation or impairment, or the parental rights or other persons’ rights were extended after the age of their adulthood because they are not able to understand the meaning, purpose and effects of elections, does not have the right to vote and be elected.
The court specifically decides in proceedings for the withdrawal of business capacity or extended parental rights after the time of the adulthood, on the deprivation of the right to vote and be elected.
Article 9 states:
Voters vote in person. No-one is allowed to vote by proxy. Votes shall be cast in a secret ballot.A person listed on the electoral register may not be denied the right to vote nor be prevented from voting.
Article 10 states:
Freedom of choice and secrecy of voting must be guaranteed to the voter. No-one may be called to account for their vote or be requested to answer whether they voted, whom they voted for, or why they did not vote.
Section 43 states:
The right to vote shall be universal and equal. Every citizen who has attained the age of eighteen years has the right to vote and be elected...