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Paragraph 63
 

The restrictions on the voting rights on grounds of mental incapacity are the most common ones in countries compared. This criterion of deprivation of the right to vote and to be elected is accepted by all member states of Council of Europe. Yet, it should be underlined that these restrictions are legitimate when imposed by a decision of a court of law.