There are 61,000 registered voters with disabilities in Jakarta for the 2024 General Election: Details Inside

The Jakarta General Elections Commission (KPU) report, as reported by *Antara*, shows that the final voter list (DPT) for the province in the 2024 General Election reaches 8,252,897 voters. Of these, 61,747 are people with disabilities.

The breakdown is as follows: 24,197 with physical disabilities, 22,871 with mental disabilities or individuals with mental disorders (ODGJ), 8,935 with speech sensory disabilities, 3,958 with visual sensory disabilities, 1,051 with intellectual disabilities, and 735 with hearing sensory disabilities.

Previously, the KPU DKI Jakarta planned to prepare ballots with Braille for visually impaired voters in the 2024 General Election. This facility is expected to help voters with disabilities, especially the visually impaired, to exercise their right to vote.

Most recently, DKI Jakarta DPRD member Shinta Yosefina urged local governments to facilitate access for voters with disabilities to polling stations (TPS).

"Local governments can provide officers to assist people with disabilities in getting to the TPS," said Shinta, as reported by *Antara* on Sunday (February 11, 2024).

According to Shinta, it is important that people with disabilities do not have difficulty exercising their right to vote at the TPS during the election on Wednesday (February 14, 2024).

Therefore, she requested assistance from various local governments, from sub-districts, villages, community units (RW) to neighborhood units (RT), to register citizens with disabilities. The aim is for local governments to prepare easy access to polling stations, such as considering locations that are close, without steps, not rocky, not overgrown with grass, and without ditches.

She also urged local governments to provide socialization regarding procedures, voting methods, and requirements for obtaining assistance for voters with disabilities.

"It is necessary to conduct socialization to people with disabilities regarding voting, such as providing Braille for the visually impaired on the ballot or visual and written aids for the hearing impaired to facilitate them," said Shinta.