The right to political participation: more than just the right to vote

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Ieva Leimane-Veldmeijere, Director of “ZELDA” – Resource Centre for People with Mental Disability (Latvia)

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Ieva Leimane-Veldmeijere, Director of “ZELDA” –Resource Centre for People with Mental Disability

(Latvia)

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the right to vote;

the right to be elected;

the right to participate in associations, NGOs, political parties;

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In many countries guardianship means:

-automatic deprivation of the right to vote and to be elected;

-prohibition of the right to become a member of an association; NGO or political party.

/e.g. example on debate on legal incapacity and membership in NGOs – crucial for movement of self-advocacy/

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Clear messages from various international bodies (e.g. UN; Venice Commission; Council of Europe; the European Court of Human Rights) supporting the principle:

Everybody should have the right to vote

Developments at the national level (e.g. Latvia’s example – regards not restricting

personal, non-material rights, including the right to vote)

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1) Making information accessible (info on electoral process; info guides on political parties and their programs in easy-to-read language);

2) Visual aids/ info materials demonstrating the voting process;

3) Training for electoral officials;

4) Training for people with intellectual disabilities;

5) Assisted voting.

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Voters can choose a person who will assist in voting process. (few exceptions, e.g. Voter’s employee should not be assistant).

Assistant: - could ask the voter what choice person wants to make, but he/she should not make assumptions about how person wants to vote;

- should respect voter’s privacy during voting process; - should respect voter’s opinion;

- should be prepared to explain/demonstrate voting process; - could read or explain all ballot choices or questions in a language the voter understands;

- after ballot has been completed, (assistant) should make sure if voter’s choices are accurately reflected;

the challenge is how to draw the line or find the balance between assisting and influencing the voter)

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Assistant SHOULD NOT:

-Make decisions for the voter;

-Communicating with the voter in a way what makes voter to be forced to make certain choices;

-Pressing the voter to vote for a particular candidate or in certain way;

-Withholding information or giving false information to voter;

-Revealing to others how person voted

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How to find the balance between providing the support and influencing voter’s decisions?

/e.g. negative example – director of institution = candidate for elections = support provider/

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Ieva Leimane-Veldmeijere – [email protected]

RC “ZELDA” address: Mārupes street 4-31, Riga, LV – 1002, LatviaPhone: +37167442828; http://www.zelda.org.lv; [email protected]


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