Legal Protection for Person with Disabilities in Relating Right to Vote on the Indonesian Election

Abstract

This research is a conceptual study that examines the legal protection of right to vote for persons with disabilities in the conduct of general elections in Indonesia. The main problem in this article is how Indonesian government is committed to be protected the right by availaibility of Indonesian regulation, in particular regulation on person with disabilitiies. The method used is a normative research method. This study concludes that Indonesian Government has a full commitment in terms of protecting right to vote for persons with disabilities. The evidence seemed by the availability of legislation both produced through the ratification of international conventions and those produced by the national legislation process. The availability of these rules starting from Indonesian constitution of 1945 to the rules technical issues issued by the election organizer in this case the General Election Commission.