[Voting by cognitively impaired persons: legal and ethical issues].

Antoine Bosquet, Amar Medjkane, Philippe Vinceneux, Isabelle Mahé
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Abstract

In democratic countries, cognitively impaired persons are a substantial and growing group of citizens. Most of them are citizens with dementia. In dementia, cognitive impairment induces a loss of some capacities, resulting in vulnerability and increased need for assistance. Voting by cognitively impaired persons raises any questions about the integrity of the electoral process, the risk of fraud and the respect of their citizenship. In France, the law is not definite about the voting of cognitively impaired persons. An objective assessment for voting capacity may be useful both for professionals in charge of voting organisation and for guardianship judge in order to help him in his decision to remove or keep the voting right of persons placed under guardianship. Assessing the reality of voting by cognitively impaired citizens is necessary to advance respect for their right to vote.

[认知障碍人士的投票:法律和道德问题]。
在民主国家,认知障碍者是一个数量庞大且不断增长的公民群体。他们中的大多数是患有痴呆症的市民。在痴呆症中,认知障碍会导致某些能力的丧失,从而导致脆弱性和对援助的需求增加。认知障碍人士的投票引发了对选举过程的完整性、欺诈风险和对其公民身份的尊重的任何问题。在法国,法律对认知障碍者的投票权没有明确规定。就投票能力作出客观的评估,对负责投票组织的专业人士及监护法官均有帮助,有助他决定是否取消或保留受监护人士的投票权。评估认知障碍公民投票的现实,对于促进对他们投票权的尊重是必要的。
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