Archive - PWD Vote

By VERLIE Q. RETULIN MALL voting may provide ease and convenience to persons with disabilities (PWDs) and senior citizens, but it is not the proper solution to address accessibility problems, Commission on Elections (Comelec) chair Andres Bautista said on Monday. During the second public hearing on the transfer of certain polling precincts to malls, Bautista

By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL        A newly formed multi-sectoral election watchdog has vowed to monitor the level of inclusion of persons with disabilities (PWDs) not only on polling day itself but also during the government’s preparations for the 2016 elections. Ensuring the accessibility of polling places and holding PWD-sensitivity trainings are part of

By JAKE SORIANO Early and adequate information dissemination about the planned mall voting next year would be key to its success. This was what persons with disabilities (PWDs) told the Commission on Elections (Comelec) during a public consultation Friday, while expressing general support for the initiative. “The general feeling of persons with disabilities is that

By JAKE SORIANO Photos by DANIEL ABUNALES IF all goes according to plan, voting next year will be more convenient for persons with disabilities (PWDs). Areas with high concentrations of PWD voters might see the last of cramped public school classrooms, as polling could be transferred to hundreds of air-conditioned malls nationwide. The Commission on

[metaslider id=32959] By JAKE SORIANO MANILA AND DAVAO CITY — Express lanes and priority treatment were of little help for persons with disabilities (PWDs) who turned up at election offices on the last week of voter registration. Commission of Elections (Comelec) offices and satellite registration centers were swamped last week, causing logistical problems for its

IN  less than two weeks, on Oct. 31, the Commission on Elections is ending voter registration. Those who fail to register on or before the date won’t be able to vote next year. For persons with disabilities (PWDs), participation in the May presidential elections will test whether government and civil society initiatives have indeed made the country’s

[metaslider id=32252] By VERA Files WHILE the registration in malls is becoming popular among persons with disabilities (PWDs), some of them find the poll services lacking. Cousins Maricar Bernardo, 21, and Karen Yepez, 26, both persons with hearing disability, went to SM City San Lazaro to register on Friday. Both first-time registrants, they were prioritized

Text and photos by OFELIA KAYAT Baguio City — A total of 254 would-be voters turned up to register at the special satellite registration in a mall here Friday. Dubbed as “No bio, No boto” project of the Commission on Elections, the registration was open to the public, with priority given to persons with disabilities

[metaslider id=32200] By VERA FILES THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Saturday launched a satellite voter registration and validation in several shopping malls in Metro Manila, but turnout was low. A combination of heavy rain and lack of information dissemination hampered the registration of persons with disabilities and other voters. In five areas, Comelec personnel

The Commission on Elections will hold satellite registrations at five SM malls in Metro Manila on July 4 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Persons with disabilities and senior citizens will be given priority. The participating malls: SM North Edsa: Quezon City- District 1 only SM Megamall: Mandaluyong- All districts SM Southmall: Las Pinas- All

By JAKE SORIANO Photos and video by DANIEL ABUNALES IT was not a typical scene during voters’ registration. Hundreds of prospective voters from Quezon City, including persons with disabilities (PWDs), lined up early morning of Independence Day at a covered court in Barangay Bagumbahay. But while waiting for their turn, they were treated to a