تضمن الدول الأطراف للأشخاص ذوي الإعاقة الحقوق السياسية وفرصة التمتع بها على قدم المساواة مع الآخرين، وتتعهد بما يلي:
(a) To ensure that persons with disabilities can effectively and fully participate in political and public life on an equal basis with others, directly or through freely chosen representatives, including the right and opportunity for persons with disabilities to vote and be elected, inter alia, by: