Election Obligations & Standards Database

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"States parties must refrain from denying persons with disabilities their legal capacity and must, rather, provide persons with disabilities access to the support necessary to enable them to make decisions that have legal effect."

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UN (CRPD): General Comment No. 1 on Equal Recognition Before the Law , para. 16

Summaries

The right to vote should not be restricted based on any perceived or actual disability and mental health status, including pursuant to an individualized assessment.
Laws and regulations that withdraw suffrage rights based on disability should be amended or repealed.