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Paragraph 95
 

Following the same arguments as for not restricting the right to vote, persons with intellectual or mental disabilities should not indiscriminately prohibited to be a candidate if they fulfil the conditions, just like any other citizen. However, in many CoE member states there are blanket denials of both active and passive voting rights of disabled persons under guardianship or trusteeship (see above).