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PONCE DE LEON SOLIS, Viviana. Electoral inclusion of persons with mental disabilities in Chile. Ius et Praxis [online]. 2020, vol.26, n.2, pp.147-169. ISSN 0718-0012.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0718-00122020000200147.

Electoral inclusion of people with mental disabilities is one of the most complex challenges contemporary democracies face. These people’s case presents a series of peculiarities that make especially difficult to determine what citizenship and political participation mean to them. Unlike other traditionally marginalized groups -such as children and teenagers or people with physical disabilities-, certain people with mental disabilities totally and permanently lack the capabilities typically associated with the right to vote. Thus, this research argues why we should worry about the electoral inclusion of people with mental disabilities and what are the possible ways to make that inclusion translate into some degree of meaningful political participation. To that effect, it focuses on two characteristic institutions of Chilean electoral law: the suspension of voting rights of people placed under guardianship and assisted vote.

Palabras clave : Right to vote; persons with disabilities; legal capacity; electoral capacity; assisted vote.

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