THE CONSTITUTIONAL DRAWBACKS OF THE AUTOMATIC DEPRIVATION OF VOTING RIGHTS OF PERSONS PLACED UNDER GUARDIANSHIP
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2024
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Plovdiv University Press
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The need to rethink the attitude to the political activity of persons with intellectual disabilities and mental health problems is noted by a number of European constitutional jurisdictions which find the automatic deprivation of voting rights of persons placed under guardianship to be a non-proportionate interference. The aim of the article is to outline the constitutional drawbacks of such automatic disenfranchisement
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constitutional jurisdictions, persons with intellectual disorders and mental health issues, voting rights, proportionality