Make Sure 146,751 Disability Voters In West Java Are Facilitated, KPU Urges Access To Non-Neighbor TPS

KPPS officers helped people with ODGJ disabilities open ballots at ballot booths during an election simulation in Blitar, East Java, Wednesday 19 December 2018. (ANTARA-Irfan A)

The General Election Commission (KPU) has confirmed that 146,751 disabled voters in West Java will be facilitated using their voting rights in the 2024 General Election (Pemilu).

West Java KPU member Law Suryatna said the number of disabled voters was 0.41 percent of the permanent voter list (DPT) in West Java, which amounted to 35,714,901 voters.

Meanwhile, the number of polling stations (TPS) for the 2024 General Election is 140,457 polling stations.

"If the TPS is because it is spread, so I can't specifically call any TPS because it is spread, the disability collection is spread," said the law in Bandung, West Java, Tuesday, July 18, which was confiscated by Antara.

The law said that later every polling station visited by disabled voters would be prepared in such a way that access was easy and not difficult.

"First, the access should not be neighbors, especially those using wheelchairs, access to their TPS should not be neighbors. Then also the sound booth should not be too high, at least the wheelchair can enter," he said.

In addition, according to him, later officers will also provide special facilities for people with visual impairments to be able to exercise their voting rights in ballots.

If there are still difficulties, according to him, people with disabilities can be accompanied by their families or by KPPS officers when using their voting rights.

"If later there is a companion, he must make a statement not to notify other people of his choice," he said.

Of the number of disabled voters, it consists of 66.8 percent of physical disabilities voters, 32.7 percent of mental disabilities, 16.2 percent of netra sensory, 15.9 percent of speech sensory, 7.9 percent of intellectual disabilities, and 7.1 percent of hearing sensory.