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Article 4
 

Elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus, of deputies of the House of Representatives, of deputies of local Councils of Deputies and a referendum are universal:the right to elect, to participate in referendum have the citizens of the Republic of Belarus having reached the age of 18 years.


Citizens recognized by court as incapable, persons being kept in institutions of confinement under the court sentence shall not participate in elections and in referendum.Persons in respect of whom detention, as a measure of restraint, is selected under the procedure specified in the criminal procedural legislation shall not take part in voting.