HAK PILIH DAN DIPILIH PENYANDANG DISABILITAS MENTAL DI INDONESIA DALAM PERUBAHAN UNDANG-UNDANG PEMILIHAN UMUM

This paper examines all Laws concerning General Elections from Law Number 7 of 1953 to Law Number 7 of 2017. The research method used is normative juridical with a statutory approach. The results of this study are that in the course of Politics and Democracy in Indonesia there has been a change in the General Election Law which has an impact on the loss of political rights for mental disabilities, which as citizens with mental disabilities and other disabilities have the same legal protection rights as citizens. Other matters as regulated in Article 27 Paragraph (1) of the 1945 Constitution. There are misperceptions of both the general public and state officials regarding mental disabilities, so that the right to vote and be elected with mental disabilities in General Elections and Regional Head Elections is questioned, limited or even eliminated This finding is even more interesting because of the fact that the general election law which has been revised several times does not accommodate the right to vote and be elected from mental disabilities, even though as citizens of the Republic of Indonesia people with disabilities also have political rights. This is why there are still debates about the political rights of Persons with Mental Disabilities. This is exacerbated by the public view that equates Mental Disabilities with Intellectual Disabilities by attaching the stigma of "Crazy" to mental disabilities. Then until now there are only 2 (two) Election Laws that regulate the right to vote and are elected with mental disabilities in general elections, namely Law Number 7 of 1953 and Law Number 7 of 2017.Keywords: Election, Mental Disabilit