Members of the vulnerable sector will be given special attention by the Commission on Election (Comelec) with the resumption of its nationwide voters registration next month.
The poll body issued Resolution No. 10549 for the conduct of satellite registration for the youth, senior citizens (SC), women, persons deprived of liberty (PDL), persons with disabilities (PWD), and members of indigenous peoples (IPs), indigenous cultural communities (ICCs) and other vulnerable sectors.
Comelec earlier said the initiative aims to provide opportunities to more Filipinos to exercise their right to vote.
“Beginning August 1, 2019 until September 30, 2019, PWDs, SCs and members of IPs and ICCs may apply for registration or update their existing registration records,” Comelec said.
Comelec guaranteed to provide PWDs, SCs and pregnant applicants express lanes at the Office of the Election Officer or any satellite registration site, where they will register.
During the registration period, PWDs or illiterate person or member of IPs/ICCs will be helped by an Election Officer, any member of an accredited citizen’s arm, a relative within the fourth civil degree of consanguinity or affinity, or any person of his/her confidence living in the same household.
Comelec said PWDs and SCs and will be asked if they want to vote in the original precincts, where they are assigned or in an accessible polling places (APPs).
For IPs/ICCs, they will be asked to indicate which tribe they belong to. In case they lack government IDs, they could present their Certificate of Confirmation issued by the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) instead.
Meanwhile, Comelec urged local government units to establish Day Care Centers near registration sites to enable mothers, who are caring for young children, to register.
It said qualified PDLs in assigned satellite registration, but they will only be allowed to vote during vote for national candidates.
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