By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL WHEN polling places open on May 9, none of them would be in malls, as had been planned and hailed months before the elections. On April 27, poll chief Andres Bautista announced that mall voting, a pilot project of his administration, will no longer push through. “I personally worked on
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 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
