All people with disabilities have the right to vote

Persons with disabilities also have the right to exercise their citizenship.

According to Article L.62-2 of the Electoral Code, polling stations must have at least one voting booth accessible to people in wheelchairs.

In the same way, the ballot box must be accessible to them.

It is up to the president of the polling station to take any useful measure to simplify the process of independent voting for people with disabilities, particularly for this first round of the presidential election.

Opening of the right to vote to people with mental disabilities

But the most notable development in recent years is the opening of the right to vote to all adults with a mental disability.

Until now, these people, generally under guardianship, were deprived of their right to vote by a court decision.

But article 11 of the law of March 23, 2019 on programming 2018-2022 and reform for justice repealed the said decision, contained in article 5 of the Electoral Code.

From now on, these people can vote provided they register on the electoral lists of their municipality according to the regular procedure.

Voted, proud that my daughter like all people with #Disabilities and adults under guardianship exercise their free will and their right to vote in full citizenship #autodetermination pic.twitter.com/v2uZ8FDype

— Sophie Cluzel 🇨🇵🇪🇺 (@s_cluzel) April 10, 2022

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On the day of the vote, the judicial police officers can travel at the request of people who, because of serious illness or infirmity, clearly cannot travel.

If they want to benefit from this aid, a request for home travel must be made in writing and be accompanied by a simple sworn statement indicating that the voter is clearly unable to travel.

Don't forget to go vote 😘

I'm not old enough to do it.

Self-determination for people with cognitive disabilities is important.

But it is also for an ordinary person.

Because voting is a bit like choosing your destiny.

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Professions of faith accompanied by an audio description device

For people with a certain physical infirmity making it impossible for them to insert their ballot in the envelope and slip it into the ballot box, the possibility of being physically assisted to vote exists.

It is article L.64 of the Electoral Code which allows them to be assisted by a voter of their choice, the latter not necessarily having to be registered in the same polling station, nor in the same municipality.

It should be noted, however, that these cannot be legal representatives for their protection and persons welcoming them, intervening or caring for them in establishments, whether social, medico-social or health, nor persons working in their service.

This helping elector is entitled to enter the voting booth with the person he is helping,

In addition, if the disabled person is not able to sign the attendance list alone, this elector can sign in his place with the handwritten note "the elector cannot sign himself", and this always according to the Article 64 of the Electoral Code.

Finally, the professions of faith provided by the candidates in the context of the presidential election and the legislative elections are generally available online, in dematerialized format.

This year, it is planned that these professions will be filed online in an “easy to read and understand” language and accompanied by an audio description device.

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