FOURTH SECTION CASE OF ANATOLIY MARINOV v. BULGARIA (Application no. 26081/17) JUDGMENT This version was rectified on 28 February 2022 under Rule 81 of the Rules of Court. Art 3 P1 • Vote • Disproportionate disenfranchisement of applicant due to partial guardianship order based on his mental disability with no individualised judicial review of voting capacity • Automatic, blanket restriction affecting all those under partial guardianship, irrespective of their actual faculties • Legislature’s failure to balance competing interests and assess proportionality of restriction • Questionable treatment, as a single class, of people with intellectual or mental disabilities, the curtailment of whose rights required strict scrutiny STRASBOURG 15 February 2022 FINAL 15/05/2022 This judgment has become final under Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

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