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PRIORITY. Relatives help a senior family member enter a designated polling place, at the Rosauro Almonte Elementary School in Tondo, Manila.
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Senior citizens, persons with disabilities, and pregnant women take advantage of special voting hours in the 2025 polls
MANILA, Philippines – Hundreds of priority voters woke up early on Monday, May 12, to troop to their respective polling places to cast their votes in the 2025 national and local elections.
For the first time, the Commission on Elections implemented early voting hours for the priority group —which included people with special needs, senior citizens, and pregnant women, for a more inclusive, safe, and convenient voting option.
Meanwhile, Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) across various jail facilities began voting at 7:00 am. Bureau of Jail Management and Penology personnel, along with the Commission on Elections, are overseeing the special voting process to ensure detainees can exercise their right to vote.
Here are some of the images in Cebu and Manila:
A pregnant women checks on her name before casting her vote, at the Rosauro Almonte Elementary School in Tondo, Manila.
Senior citizens in wheelchairs queue at the Guadalupe Elementary School in Cebu City. Jacqueline Hernandez/Rappler
A person with special needs casts her vote at the Legarda Elementary School in Sampaloc, Manila. Rappler
An assistant helps a voter affix her thumb mark, inside a polling precinct at the Guadalupe Elementary School in Cebu City. Jacqueline Hernandez/Rappler
Registered Persons Deprived of Liberty cast their votes at the Cebu City Jail Female Dormitory.
More than 600 Persons Deprived of Liberty cast their votes inside the Manila City Jail.–Rappler.com
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