Uruguay

Population Statistics

3,341,893

Total Population

501,284

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

11 February 2009

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Law on Elections (1999)

Updated: June 2015

Article 173 states:

No one can impede, stymie or bother the personal exercise of suffrage. Every capable person [or person with capacity] to vote that is under the dependence of other another, must be protected in their right to vote. The authorities and particulars that have under their dependence “personas capacitadas” to vote, must allow them free exercise of personal suffrage.

 

Excerpt from the Law on Elections (1999)