Editing Idiot (section)

== Regional law ==
{{Update|section|date=December 2011}}

=== United States ===
Until 2007, the [[California Penal Code]] Section 26 stated that "Idiots" were one of six types of people who are not capable of committing crimes. In 2007 the code was amended to read "persons who are mentally incapacitated."<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=pen&group=00001-01000&file=25-29 |title = Penal Code section 25-29 |publisher = State of California |access-date = 2007-09-21 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090627102520/http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=pen&group=00001-01000&file=25-29 |archive-date = 2009-06-27}}</ref> In 2008, Iowa voters passed a measure replacing "idiot, or insane person" in the State's constitution with "person adjudged mentally incompetent."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1856820-2,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081109081412/http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1856820-2,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 9, 2008 |title=Ballot Initiatives: No to Gay Marriage, Anti-Abortion Measures|publisher=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=5 November 2008 |access-date=2009-02-26 | first=Tiffany | last=Sharples}}</ref>

In the [[constitution]] of several U.S. states, "idiots" do not have the right to vote:

* Kentucky Section 145<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/legresou/constitu/145.htm|title=Kentucky Section 145|website=state.ky.us|access-date=17 December 2018|archive-date=12 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712144156/http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/legresou/constitu/145.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Mississippi Article 12, Section 241<ref>[http://www.sos.state.ms.us/ed_pubs/constitution/constitution.asp Mississippi Constitution of the State of Mississippi] See Article 12, Section 241</ref>
* Ohio Article V, Section 6<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/laws/ohio-constitution?Part=5&Section=06|title=Ohio Constitution, Article V, Section 6|website=www.legislature.ohio.gov|access-date=17 December 2018}}</ref>

The constitution of the state of Arkansas was amended in the general election of 2008 to, among other things, repeal a provision (Article 3, Section 5) which had until its repeal prohibited "idiots or insane persons" from voting.<ref>[http://www.votesmart.org/election_ballot_measures_detail.php?ballot_id=64 Arkansas Ballot Measures: An Amendment Concerning Voting, Qualifications of Voters and Election Officers, and the Time of Holding General Elections (Amendment 1) : For the November 4, 2008 General Election], [http://www.votesmart.org votesmart.org].</ref>