Information on the Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the Republic of Korea 19.2 Insufficient assurance of right to secret voting by persons with disabilities in facilities for persons with disabilities 1) Current status and problems ① The Public Official Election Act stipulates that in case of persons who reside in hospitals or rest homes or persons with severe physical disability who cannot move can vote in their residences, and the head of a facility accommodating more than 10 persons with disabilities who applied for residence voting must install a polling booth. ② In this regard, the violation of voting rights of persons with disabilities residing in such facilities by coerced or proxy voting by the head or employee of the facility has continuously been criticized as problematic, and during the parliamentary inspection of the administration in 2012, suspicions were raised for proxy voting at a facility for persons with disabilities. ③ Concrete measures to prevent the violation of voting rights of persons with disabilities residing in facilities have not been established, and the upcoming local elections in June 2014 call for stringent management and supervision. 2) Recommendation ① It is important for the government to come up with detailed measures for management and supervision so that the rights of persons with disabilities residing in facilities are not violated due to coerced or proxy voting by facility staff. NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF KOREA 40