§ Article 3(untitled)

asic principles of holding elections and referendums
 Elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus, deputies of the House of
Representatives, deputies of local Councils of Deputies are free and are held on the basis of
universal, equal and direct suffrage by secret ballot.
 Elections of delegates to the All-Belarusian People's Assembly are held on the basis of equal
suffrage.
 Elections of deputies to the House of Representatives and deputies of local Councils of
Deputies are held in single-mandate electoral districts.
 Elections of members of the Council of the Republic are carried out on the basis of equal
and indirect suffrage by secret ballot.
 The referendum is held by universal, free, equal and secret ballot.
 Article 4. Universal suffrage and the right to participate in a referendum
 Elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus, deputies of the House of
Representatives, deputies of local Councils of Deputies and referendums are universal: citizens
of the Republic of Belarus who have reached 18 years of age have the right to elect and
participate in a referendum. Citizens of the Republic of Belarus who have reached the age of 18
have the right to participate in other electoral actions provided for by this Code and carried out
by legal methods, and other actions related to the preparation and conduct of the appointed
referendum. Before calling a referendum, citizens of the Republic of Belarus who have reached
the age of 18 have the right to take part in the preparation and conduct of the referendum.
 Citizens declared legally incompetent by a court and persons held in prison by a court
sentence do not have the right to vote, to be elected, to participate in a referendum, to perform
other electoral actions, or to take actions to prepare and conduct a referendum.